“Not a visible enthusiasm but a hidden one, an excitement burning with a cold flame.”
Patrick Süskind
This is the winery I made the trip for.
Everything about this winery, its vineyard philosophy, its approach to wine, everything about Hiedler is what I love about wine.
I had a series of emails with one of the brothers in charge of the 160 year old winery and we were good to go.
By appointment only.
It is not in the Wachau, but worth the drive. 80 year old vines, bio dynamic. Winemakers who produce natural wines but push back on the ridiculous ‘natural wine’ movement.
We arrived slightly late, our appointment was for 3.30 pm.
Incorrect.
Our appointment was for 2.00 pm, a change by Dietmer Hiedler in our last email which I did not move to the diary.
Dietmer has to go.
There is no tasting.
“The sadness will last forever.”
Vincent van Gough
devastating
Terrible