Christian Tschida Himmel auf Erden Red 2019
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| Management number | 253563191 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | CA$19.20 | Model Number | 253563191 | ||
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Himmel auf Erden Red is a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Zweigelt grown on sandy gravel, schist, and limestone soils in Illmitz, on the eastern shore of Lake Neusiedl in Burgenland, Austria. The vines are old, including fruit from the 60-plus-year-old Eisner plot, which is trained in the traditional doppelstock system — two vines planted side by side to compete for nutrients and push roots deeper. The estate, farmed organically and biodynamically, has been in the Tschida family for four generations since the 19th century.
Grapes are hand-harvested, destemmed, and foot-crushed in closed-top tanks positioned in the shade outside. The juice ferments with indigenous yeast in large barrels with no racking. It ages for one year in 500 to 1500-liter barrels and is bottled without fining, filtering, or any addition of sulfur. Only 55% of the potential volume is pressed, using a Bucher vertical basket press that applies pressure described as no firmer than a handshake.
The wine opens with sour cherry and white pepper aromatics and a piquant, Pannonian-influenced acidity. The palate is juicy and fruit-forward but not heavy — Christian Tschida has consistently aimed for fresh, elegant reds with moderate alcohol rather than extracted, powerful ones. Himmel auf Erden, which translates to Heaven on Earth, is his entry-level red, and it drinks with more energy and precision than that label suggests.
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