Weingut Klosterhof di Andergassen Hannes

Alto Adige/Südtirol – located in Caldaro/Kaltern south of Bolzano/Bozen, the Andergassen family at Weingut Klosterhof used to supply the cantina sociale until 1998 when Oskar started to bottle their circa 5ha, situated at between 380 – 450m asl on free draining pink porphory & calcareous clay soils. 

Their focus is on growing & vinifying Weissburgunder/Pinot Bianco, Vernatsch/Schiava & Blauburgunder/Pinot Noir. Starting in 2002 the family began to replant their local Pinot Noir clones with those from France. The approach in the vineyards is organic without certification; they use drip irrigation for their Pinot Noir (especially during invaiatura).

Since 2005 Oskar’s son Hannes joined his father at the domaine, assuming responsibility for the wines in 2009, having graduated from Trento wine school. From 2012 – following trips to other regions – Hannes began to apply his learned approach (yeast, stalks, wood), with 2016 being the year they started using some whole bunch Pinot Noir, fermented in large open wood tubs & aged in barriques. The winery was transferred to Hannes’s name in 2025. Hannes takes full responsibility for the pruning of their vines, be it their pergola (Weissburgunder & Vernatsch) or guyot (Pinot Noir).

The Weissburgunder is vinified plot by plot before being blended together, 100% wood tonneaux, wild yeasts, & undergoes malolactic conversion when nature dictates; the Vernatsch is vinified in 16HL wooden tini & stainless-steel; the Pinot Noir in open wooden tubs often with up to 35% whole bunch & then in up to four-year-old used barriques for 12mths. Their top Pinot Noir is from the limestone rich St.Nicholaus vyd higher up behind the cantina.

The wines are closed using DIAM10 & 30 Origine.