Johannes Trapl

Back to the roots!

Johannes Trapl left his job in a winery in California to come back to Austria and dedicate himself in the thing he loves the most – natural winemaking. His biodynamically farmed grapes grow in the eastern austrian wine region of Carnuntum, blessed with a Pannonian climate they give birth to complexfresh and lively wines.

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11 products

Johannes Trapl Sankt Laurent 2018 bottle
Johannes Trapl Sankt Laurent 2018 back label
Natural Wine Dealers
Johannes Trapl - Sankt Laurent 2018
€17,90
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Johannes Trapl Uni6 2021 bottle
Johannes Trapl Uni6 2021 with glass
Johannes Trapl
Uni6
Austrian WineRosé WineLight & Fresh
From €15,50
Johannes Trapl Karpatenschiefer 2020 bottle
Johannes Trapl Karpatenschiefer 2020 with glass
Johannes Trapl
Karpatenschiefer 2020
Austrian WineOrange WineRustic
€17,50
Johannes Trapl Grüner Veltliner 2022 bottle
Johannes Trapl Grüner Veltliner 2022 bottle and glass
Johannes Trapl
Grüner Veltliner 2022
Austrian WineWhite WineLight & Fresh
€11,90
Johannes Trapl Rosé 2021 bottle
Johannes Trapl Rosé 2021 with glass 2
Johannes Trapl
Rosé 2021
Austrian WineRosé WineLight & Fresh
€11,90
Johannes Trapl Zweigelt 2020 bottle
Johannes Trapl Zweigelt 2020 with glass 2
Johannes Trapl
Zweigelt
Austrian WineRed WineFruity
€11,90
Johannes Trapl Weissburgunder 2021 bottle
Johannes Trapl Weissburgunder 2021 bottle and glass
Johannes Trapl
Weissburgunder 2021
Austrian WineWhite WineLight & Fresh
€16,90
Johannes Trapl Rosé Pet Nat 2021 bottle
Johannes Trapl Rosé pet nat 2021 bottle and glass
Johannes Trapl
Pétillant Naturel Rosé 2021
Austrian Wine Rosé Pet NatLight & Fresh
€19,90
Johannes Trapl Blaufränkisch Karpatenschiefer 2019 bottle
Johannes Trapl Blaufränkisch Karpatenschiefer 2019 bottle and glass
Johannes Trapl
Blaufränkisch Karpatenschiefer 2019
Austrian WineRed WineElegant
€19,90
Johannes Trapl Blaufränkisch 2021 bottle
Johannes Trapl Blaufränkisch 2021 bottle and glass
Johannes Trapl
Blaufränkisch 2021
Austrian WineRed WineFruity
€11,90
Pétillant Naturel White 2022
Johannes Trapl Petillant Naturel Weiss 2022 bottle and glass
Johannes Trapl
Pétillant Naturel White 2022
Austrian WineWhite Pet NatLight & Fresh
€19,90

From U.S. to Austria

California is the foremost state of wine making in the ‘new world’ wine industry and Johannes Trapl had a career there planned. He decided however to take a different path and go back to his roots, back to Austria. Reunited with his family he took over a tiny old vineyard that his grandfather once planted, here’s where his new exciting life started. He could finally express his ideas, his style working with local indigenous grape varieties. He soon realised that a half hectare wasn’t enough, in 2003 with his extra 10 hectares of vineyard his full-time wine making career could finally begin. At present he has a total of 15hectares, the vines are as old as 40 years.

Perfect climate and wonderful location

He stands out in the Carnuntum region for being one of the very few natural winemakers there. Located east of Vienna, in Lower Austria, this wine region stretches until the border to Slovakia. The vineyards benefit not only from the Pannonian climate (hot summers and cold winters), but also from the proximity of the Danube river and of the lake Neusiedl. These allow the grapes to grow strong and healthy and reach their true potential. Farming organic since 2006 he took an extra step and 10 years later he got the biodynamic certificate. The indigenous grapes grow on a very rich and fertile soil, heavy loamloess and sandy soils, granting the wine’s complexity and elegance.

Low intervention wines

Fresh and lively describe at best Johannes’s wines. He achieves these two features by harvesting quite early and by selecting the grapes twice during harvest. Only the “right” grapes get picked, the ones that taste ready. It is a longer and harder work but it allows a very accurate selection and the result can be perceived in his wines. Most of the grapes are crushed by foot, fermented with wild yeast in big vats or amphoras and finally they are matured in barrels to rest until their complex character takes shape.