Meinklang - Epic 2023The right way to think about Meinklang is as a family run farm. It is set in the middle of the World Heritage Site of the National Park Neusiedlersee, on the Eastern side of the Neusiedlersee Lake, bordering directly on the Hungarian lowlands, where lifes diversity and complexity are celebrated This farm functions much like an organism, relying not only on the people but also on the local herd of cows which contributes in an essential way with their
the Chiarli family pioneered the use of the Charmat or tank method of sparkling wine production for Lambrusco
and in 2011 the purchase of their Shuttleworth Creek vineyard
a practice he strongly disagrees with (this is when a Champagne house buys wines in bottle from other sources and then disgorges them and puts their own label on them)
Its location near the ocean
they were able to secure the very best locations within one of the world’s greatest wine-producing regions to plant vines
resulting in lively tannin structures
together with Guy Breton
Bousquet discovered his dream terroir
pollinating the vines and enriching the soil
soil type and altitude of the vineyard
winemaker Dan Wright and his team currently farm 12 acres of grape varieties at Unsworth Vineyards
to buildings that were part of the Moorish walls
