Tasting Notes
"Very light in colour and some nougat and Turkish honey notes. Cool and refreshing. Lean and piquant despite the dominance of Zweigelt, this wine points in the Burgundy direction. So fresh and long. Let the Summer begin!"

The Wine
For the Cistercien Ros, the Zweigelt,St. Laurent and Pinot Noir grape varieties grown in the cooler sites of Gobelburg and Langenlois are used.After the harvest, the grapes still with their stems are softly pressed and then fermented. This type of ros is somewhat similar to a white wine because no acid reduction is used to emphasise the
fine fruity character with a streamlined elegance. Its fragrance and fruit nuances of wild cherry and fresh berries make this Ros an optimal universal food companion.

The Estate
The Zwettl Monastery was founded in 1074 and in 1171 the Monks of Zwettl were granted their first vineyards: Heiligenstein & Gaisbergthe oldest documented sites in the Kamptal. The estate and Castle Gobelsburg was controlled by as many as 19 different families between 1074 and 1740, and in 1786 absorbed the famous Kammern Winery and vineyards. Two hundred years later Eva and Michael Moosbrugger were granted the winemaking and viticulural contract in 1996, and with the help and guidance of Michaels mentor Willi Brndlmayer, the winery has regained its prestige and considered to be a leader in quality and innovation. In 2006 Michael Moosbrugger was awarded as WINEMAKER OF THE YEAR by the Austrian magazine Falstaff, the highest award given to an Austrian winemaker, and in 2009 and 2010 the estate was acknowledged as ONE OF THE TOP 100 WINERIES OF THE YEAR by Wine & Spirits Magazine.

Schloss Gobelsburg maintains a large number of parcels in Erste Lagen, or 1st Growth, vineyards in the Kamptal, including the mineral-rich, crystalline slopes of the Gaisberg and Heiligenstein planted to Riesling, and the deep loess soils of Renner, Grub, and Lamm planted to Grner Veltliner. The winery continues to utilize organic winegrowing and has benefited from the fact that the monks of Zwettl Monastery began these practices as early as 1958.

While many international cellars are attempting to produce clean, uniform wines, Moosbrugger is convinced that the future Gobelsburg lies in individuality and character. As a high level of technology is necessary to warrant uniformity, Moosbrugger believes that individuality can only be achieved through the reduction of machines. Moosbrugger developed the Dynamic Cellar Concept for Gobelsburg in which wines are no longer pumped from one location to the other, but transported in barrels on wheels from one section of the cellar to the other.

A hallmark of the estate are the Tradition bottlings of Grner Veltliner and Riesling. Having read the meticulous notations of the Cistercians at the estate over the past 150 years, Michi pays homage in his role as cellar master, responsible for the education of his pupils wine- while leading them through elevage; as opposed to acting as winemaker, whose decisions in present day Austria are generally to preserve aromatics and fruit through extremely reductive methods.