Meet Andreas, Lydia & Martin Nittnaus
If you walk through the doors of any restaurant in Austria, ordering a bottle of Nittnaus will certainly give you a respectful nod from the Sommelier.
The winery - Anita und Hans Nittnaus - has been among the 'créme de la créme' of Austria’s leading wineries for over 30 years now. The winemaker behind this success is Hans 'John‘ Nittnaus, a true pioneer, and still today, a mastermind behind many important developments in Burgenland. Many of Austria’s great vignerons, including our very own Jutta Ambrositsch and Claus Preisinger, have learned their trade under his wings.
But behind the shadow of his legacy, sons Martin and Andi, as well as their cousin Lydia Nittnaus, have been working hard and have now taken over the reins of the winery.
The young trio’s joint chapter started around 10 years ago with a series of one-off and experimental cuvées intended to break away from the tried and tested path of the previous generation while better understanding the particular characteristics of precious however lesser-known parcels within the village of Jois along the Western shores of Lake Neusiedlersee.
While the most complex and accomplished ‘trials’ established within the Nittnaus portfolio over the years the three continued to maintain a deep focus on the family’s terroir wines from the well-known single vineyard Blaufränkisch sites such as Ried Jungenberg (on schist) and Ried Gritschenberg (on limestone). Today Andreas, Lydia and Martin make almost no difference between ‘their own’ and the ‘family domaine’ wines — a logical process to find the essence between the old and the new.
