Judith Beck

Austria

Dec 3

Judith Beck’s estate – located in Gols, in northeastern Burgenland – was founded by her parents in the 1970s. After producing her first vintage in 2001, Judith took full control of the winery in 2004, drawing on the knowledge and experience garnered during her time studying at the Klosterneuburg Viticulture College and working at renowned wineries in France, Italy, and Chile.

In 2007, Judith began transitioning her entire operation to biodynamics, inspired by the ideas of Rudolf Steiner and the virtues of ecological responsibility and sustainability. At this time, she joined the association respekt-BIODYN, who would go on to certify her first biodynamic vintage in 2010. Nearly all of her wines are also certified organic, with the rest coming from vineyards still undergoing the three year transition from conventional to organic farming.

Judith grows a wide variety of grapes on her 13.5 hectares of vines. Among them are Blauer Portugieser, Zweigelt, Blaufränkisch, Sankt Laurent, Pinot Noir, Merlot, Welschriesling, Pinot Blanc, and Chardonnay.

For Judith Beck, minimal intervention is the name of the game; she harvests by hand, leaves her wines unfined and unfiltered, and adds either zero or minimal SO2.

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CUVÉES

Chardonnay

**Grape:** Chardonnay
**Soil:** seewinkel gravel
**Farming:** practicing organic (some vineyards in conversion), practicing biodynamic
**Winemaking:** whole bunch pressed, fermentation in old barrique
**Aging:** 6-7 months in barrel on fine lees
**Added S02:** none

Bambule! Muskat

**Grape:** Muskat-Ottonel
**Vineyard:** plain sites, 35-45 year old vines
**Soil:** seewinkel gravel
**Farming:** organic, biodynamic
**Winemaking:** 50% destemmed, 50% carbonic fermentation
**Aging:** 13 months 225L used barrels
**Added S02:** none

Mish Mash

**Grape:** Grüner Veltliner, Neuburger, Weissburgunder, Welschriesling, Zweigelt, Scheurebe, and unidentified vines. “Gemischter Satz”
**Soil:** gravel
**Farming:** biodynamic, organic
**Winemaking:** co-fermented in batches depending on harvest times, cold maceration 4 days, fermentation in neutral barrel
**Aging:** 6 months in foudre
**Added S02:** minimal

Judith

**Grape:** Blaufränkisch
**Soil:** sand, limestone
**Average Age of Vines:** 15 years
**Farming:** biodynamic
**Winemaking:** spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts
**Aging:** in neutral oak
**Added S02:** low

Pink

**Grape:** Blaufränkisch, Zweigelt
**Soil:** sand, limestone
**Average Age of Vines:** 15 years
**Farming:** biodynamic, organic
**Winemaking:** whole cluster, spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts
**Aging:** 4 months in stainless steel, *sur lie*
**Added S02:** 5 mg/L

Out

**Grape:** Zweigelt, Blaufränkisch
**Soil:** sand, limestone
**Average Age of Vines:** 15 years
**Farming:** biodynamic, organic
**Winemaking:** spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel and neutral oak with indigenous yeasts
**Aging:** in acacia
**Added S02:** 10 mg/L

Blaufränkisch

**Grape:** Blaufränkisch
**Soil:** sand, limestone
**Average Age of Vines:** 15 years
**Farming:** biodynamic
**Winemaking:** destemmed, 10 day spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts, malolactic fermentation
**Aging:** 10 months in neutral oak
**Added S02:** 20 mg/

Bambule! Pet-Nat

**Grape:** Muscat Ottonel
**Soil:** sand, limestone
**Farming:** biodynamic, organic
**Winemaking:** whole cluster, direct press, spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts
**Aging:** *méthode ancestrale*
**Added S02:** none

Hunny Bunny

**Grape:** Blaufränkisch, Zweigelt
**Soil:** sand, limestone
**Farming:** biodynamic, organic
**Winemaking:** whole cluster, 3 day maceration, spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts, malolactic fermentation
**Aging:** in neutral oak
**Added S02:** 15 mg/L

Bambule! Chardonnay

**Grape:** Chardonnay
**Vineyard:** plateau, 25 year old vines
**Soil:** seewinkel gravel
**Farming:** organic, biodynamic
**Winemaking:** 60% destemmed, 40% carbonic fermentation
**Aging:** 12 months in amphora
**Added S02:** none

Traminer

**Grape:** 90% Gewürtztraminer, 10% Gelber Traminer
**Soil:** gravel
**Farming:** biodynamic, organic
**Winemaking:** destemmed, 8-10 days maceration
**Aging:** used barrique for 6 months
**Added S02:** minimal

Bambule! Pinot Noir

**Grape:** Pinot Noir
**Soil:** gravel, limestone, loam. Kreuzkapelle vineyard, her coolest site.
**Farming:** biodynamic, organic
**Winemaking:** 50/50 destemmed/whole bunch, 8 days of maceration
**Aging:** on lees in large neutral barrel for two years
**Added S02:** none

Weissburgunder

**Grape:** Weissburgunder
**Soil:** sand, limestone
**Average Age of Vines:** 15 years
**Farming:** biodynamic, organic
**Winemaking:** whole cluster, spontaneous fermentation in acacia with indigenous yeasts
**Aging:** 6 months in acacia
**Added S02:** 20 mg/L

Zweigelt

**Grape:** Zweigelt
**Soil:** sand, limestone
**Average Age of Vines:** 15 years
**Farming:** biodynamic
**Winemaking:** destemmed, 2 week maceration, spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts
**Aging:** 10 months in acacia
**Added S02:** 10 mg/L

Ink

**Grape:** Zweigelt, SanktLaurent
**Soil:** sand, limestone
**Average Age of Vines:** 15 years
**Farming:** biodynamic, organic
**Winemaking:** destemmed, 10 day maceration spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts, malolactic fermentation
**Aging:** 10 months in acacia
**Added S02:** 20 mg/L

Bambule! Neuburger

**Grape:** Neuburger
**Vineyard Size:** 1.50 hectares
**Soil:** sandy, limestone
**Average Age of Vines:** 15 years
**Farming:** biodynamic, organic
**Winemaking:** destemmed, 5-10 day maceration, spontaneous fermentation in neutral oak with indigenous yeasts
**Aging:** 12 months in neutral oak
**Added S02:** none

Bambule! Zweigelt

**Grape:** Zweigelt
**Vineyard Size:** 1.50 hectares
**Soil:** sand, limestone
**Average Age of Vines:** 15 years
**Farming:** biodynamic, organic
**Winemaking:** destemmed, 2-3 week carbonic maceration, spontaneous fermentation in neutral oak with indigenous yeasts
**Aging:** 12 months in neutral oak
**Added S02:** none

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