SCHLOSS HALBTURN, the
most important Baroque building in the Burgenland which once
served as a hunting and summer residence for the Emperor.
The birth of the Schloss Halbturn vineyard was in the Jois
(Jungenberg). It was here that Count Poth established the
first vineyards in the year 1214 by the purchase of 14 farms
from the Hungarian Altenburg manor.
In 1960, the first vineyard was planted by Baron Paul
Waldbott-Bassenheim in an old estate called Wittmannshof at
the side of Schloss Halbturn.
In 2001 this traditional enterprise close to the Hungarian
border was ambitiously restructured. On the initiative of
Baroness Marietheres Waldbott-Bassenheim and under the
management of Markus Graf zu Kœnigsegg, the nephew of the
owner’s family, no cost or effort was spared to make the
Schloss Halbturn again one of the leading vineyards in the
country. Altogether 100 acres of the 160 acres of the whole
vineyard were cleared and replanted. In addition, the
historic terraces on the Jungenberg were revitalised.
In the cellar as well, no stone was left unturned. The
result is probably one of the most beautiful cellars in the
country in the Bordelais style (chai) and the very best
cellar technology.
Today the associated wine estate of Schloss Halbturn is
owned by the families of Markus Graf zu Koenigsegg-Aulendorf,
Max Erbgraf zu Koenigsegg-Aulendorf
and Dieter Hoffmann-Unzog.
Since its first vintage in 2002, the Schloss Halbturn team
has proved its qualities. The honours acquired nationally
and abroad demonstrate this (among other awards: the
Falstaff Sortensieger 2004, 2005 and 2006, winner of the
VINARIA red wine final, winner of the Pinot Noir Cup in
Germany, Gold Medals in Japan and London, Robert Parker
jun.).
