Weingut Schödl Dorflagen St. Laurent 2022
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The Land
In the northern reaches of Austria’s Weinviertel, where the breeze from the Czech border rustles through the rolling hills, Weingut Schödl tends its vineyards with quiet intensity and reverence. The Dorflagen sites—village-level parcels surrounding the family’s hometown—are deeply rooted in loess and limestone soils. These well-drained terrains are ideal for St. Laurent, a grape that thrives when given both structure and subtlety. The continental climate brings warm days and cool nights, allowing the grape to ripen slowly and develop its dark-toned aromatics while retaining its signature lively acidity. It’s a terroir that whispers rather than shouts, and the wines echo that restraint with soulful precision.
The Wine
The 2022 Dorflagen St. Laurent is all raw energy and elegant tension. Hand-harvested and spontaneously fermented with native yeasts, the wine is left to evolve with minimal intervention—no heavy extraction, no makeup. What emerges is a mid-weight red with a pulsing core: black tea, wild herbs, and dark cherries wrapped in fine tannins and lifted by a cool, stony freshness. There’s something feral and beautifully unpolished here, a wine that hums rather than sings, that leans into its wildness while holding a poised frame. It’s juicy, meaty, and alive—with a finish that lingers like the echo of footsteps in a forest just after rain.
The People
Mathias, Viktoria, and Leonhard Schödl—three siblings bound not just by family, but by a shared vision. Each brings back lessons from vineyards far beyond the Weinviertel, where organic and biodynamic farming wasn’t just a practice, but a philosophy. Together, they’re reshaping their family estate into something timeless and forward-thinking: where old vines meet new ideas, and every step in the vineyard and cellar honors both nature and nuance. Their wines aren’t built to impress—they’re built to express. And in this bottle of St. Laurent, you taste not just the grape or the ground, but the pulse of a generation rewriting what Austrian wine can be.
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Niederösterreich, or Lower Austria, is Austria's largest and most diverse Qualitätswein region. Encompassing eight distinct wine-growing areas from Wachau (a separate region on this website) in the west to Carnuntum in the east, Niederösterreich is best understood through its three main climate zones: the Weinviertel to the north, the Danube region and its valleys west of Vienna, and the Pannonian southeast. The Danube region, while including the separately-presented Wachau, also encompasses the renowned Kremstal, Kamptal, Traisental, and Wagram subregions, each celebrated for their expressions of Grüner Veltliner and Riesling, often grown on loess soils. Weinviertel, the largest subregion, is famed for its peppery Grüner Veltliner, marked by the Weinviertel DAC. In contrast, the Pannonian climate in the southeast yields outstanding red wines, particularly Zweigelt and Blaufränkisch, and regionally typical whites.
Austria - Niederosterreich
Practicing Biodynamic vineyard farming follows the core principles of biodynamics—treating the vineyard as a self-sustaining, living organism and aligning farming activities with lunar and cosmic rhythms—but without formal certification. These vineyards often use compost preparations, herbal sprays, and homeopathic remedies to nourish the soil and promote vine health, while fostering biodiversity and natural balance. Many small or artisan producers embrace biodynamics philosophically and practically but choose not to pursue certification due to its cost, administrative demands, or philosophical preference for independence. As a result, practicing biodynamic farms often reflect a deep, holistic commitment to the land, even without the official label.
