2020 Timotheous

Timotheus is a blend of Grüner Veltliner and Weiss Burgunder (or Pinot Blanc around these parts), coming from 40-year-old vines. Hand-harvested and partially destemmed fruit, a portion was fermented on skins for three weeks, with the remaining amount direct pressed before both portions were blended and bottled without filtering, fining and no additions. Deeply complex, this will reward those drinkers in for the long game. Gut Oggau came to life when Eduard and Stephanie Tscheppe took over an...Read More...

Timotheus is a blend of Grüner Veltliner and Weiss Burgunder (or Pinot Blanc around these parts), coming from 40-year-old vines. Hand-harvested and partially destemmed fruit, a portion was fermented on skins for three weeks, with the remaining amount direct pressed before both portions were blended and bottled without filtering, fining and no additions. Deeply complex, this will reward those drinkers in for the long game. Gut Oggau came to life when Eduard and Stephanie Tscheppe took over an abandoned 17th century winery in the town of Oggau, Austria, and tirelessly restored it, including the 200 year old press that came with it. The neglect that had befallen the winery was bittersweet in some way as the dust was shaken off the bones of the buildings and land; they noticed that the chemical treatments used thirty years ago had washed away too. Biodynamics was the next necessary step for the couple. Once they were able to vinify, perhaps it was the ghosts of the winery past, spirits that had hidden in the walls and the fruit, but each wine came alive with it’s own personality. They say that natural wine feels “alive”, but the feeling was so encapsulating, they had to name the visions that came to them. Part of the joy of drinking Gut Oggau is the rich family history they’ve created, matching personalities and stories of people to wines shows how the pair have embraced the sense of community in drinking, but also there’s the guarantee you’re going to drink….well…gut. 

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