HISTORY

1996

In January 1996 Schloss Gobelsburg and the whole estate has been taken on a long-term lease by Willi Bründlmayer and Michael Moosbrugger. Michael manages the estate and winery Schloss Gobelsburg.

Some of the finest vineyards in Austria belong to Schloss Gobelsburg, i.e. vineyards on the terraced Heiligenstein and Gaisberg as well as the hollow site between the two hills, the Grub.

The terroir of these hills and hollow sites respectively is very different. On the hills there is porous rocky soil containing mica-schist and gneiss, even basalt in places on the Heiligenstein. The soil within the hollow is fertile loess 4 to 8 metres deep.On the adjoining lower sites there is loess and loam mixed with some brown and sandy soil. On the Gobelsburg plateau, south of the chateau, the vineyards are based upon pebbles and gravel transported here by the "early Danube". There is a top soil of about 0.5 to 1.0 metre consisting of black and loamy soil and loess.