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The winery "Johannes Zillinger's Demeterhof" is located in the municipality of Velm-Götzendorf in the south-east of the Lower Austrian wine-growing region Weinviertel. The traditional farm was already founded in 1673 by David Zillinger and is still family-owned today. After many experiments in the vineyards and years of research, Hans Zillinger restructured the winery in 1985 and converted it to an environmentally friendly, organic-biological farming method. For this pioneering achievement he was awarded the Environmental Prize by the Province of Lower Austria. A butterfly is emblazoned on the bottle labels.

Zillinger Johannes - im Weingarten und Schmetterling

The vineyards cover 20 hectares of vines on the limestone hills surrounding the village. They are 70% planted with the white wine varieties Grüner Veltliner, Pinot Blanc, Riesling, Welschriesling, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Scheurebe and Muskateller, and 30% with the red wine varieties Zweigelt, St. Laurent, Cabernet Sauvignon and the two PIWI varieties Roesler and Regent. The biodynamic cultivation is carried out according to the rules of the organic association DEMETER by means of circular economy. This includes the use of home-produced compost as fertiliser and soil conditioner as well as herbs in the vineyard as a habitat for various beneficial insects and as a basis for extracts and teas.

In the cellar, a minimalist, non-invasive principle applies with as little intervention as possible. The wines in the entire range undergo spontaneous fermentation and spontaneous malolactic fermentation with individual ageing styles. These include total and partial fermentation in amphorae, intracellular fermentation, sulphur-free ageing and ageing in traditional large wooden casks made from acacia and oak. The wines are produced in the four lines VELUE (from vineyards around Velm-Götzendorf), REFLEXION (site wines with long maceration), REVOLUTION (non-vintage - solera system) and NUMEN (from hand-selected individually highly ripe berries from the oldest vines, matured without intervention for 16 to 22 months). The winery is a member of the DEMETER and TOA associations.

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