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 & Weissburgunder (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.