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George Meissner
Drinking wine from hundred-year-old vines is tasting history. Dr Georg Meissner, one of the most prominent experts in biodynamic viticulture in the German-speaking world, has saved two old vineyards in south-western Roussillon from being uprooted. His Carignan vines date back to 1899, the Grenache vines are hardly any younger. What begins as a theory in Geisenheim becomes a liquid reality here, just before the Spanish border.
The scientist and consultant lives with his family in South Tyrol, where he is responsible for the entire area of agriculture, cellar and research at Alois Lageder. He cultivates his vineyard in Roussillon together with Flo Busch - with the same rigour that he teaches at respekt-BIODYN.
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The professor in the vineyard
Dr Georg Meissner teaches the next generation of winegrowers Rudolf Steiner's methods at Geisenheim University - with a lot of practical relevance. His experimental vineyard there allows a direct comparison between conventional, organic and traditional methods. biodynamic cultivation. The findings are not only incorporated into his teaching, but also into his advice to renowned wineries. At Alois Lageder in South Tyrol, he is responsible for the entire agricultural sector, cellar management and research. The respekt-BIODYN winegrowers' group has benefited from his training and further education programme since 2015.
Carignan from 1899
Meissner puts his heart and soul into two small vineyards in the south-west of Roussillon, not far from the Spanish border. Here, where domaines such as Gauby and Matassa work, he took over plots of land that would have been cleared without his commitment. The Carignan vines were planted in 1899 - they form the foundation of his Vindemiatrix. The name, Latin for „grape picker“, refers to a star in the constellation Virgo. The location on a terrace, protected by rocks, old stone walls and neighbouring forest, offers ideal conditions. The Weathered gneiss underground provides minerality and depth.
Serrat de la Plane: wind and coolness
Meissner's second wine comes from ancient Grenache vines on the „stony plateau“ - the Catalan translation of Serrat de la Plane. Unlike the sheltered Carignan terraces, this location is permanently exposed to the cool wind. What sounds like a disadvantage turns out to be a blessing: The Air movement cools the grapes in the hot climate and provides the freshness that Mediterranean Grenache rarely displays.
Long-distance relationship with precision
Georg Meissner lives with his family in South Tyrol and is regularly in Roussillon. The ongoing cultivation of the vineyards is carried out by Flo Busch, with whom he also shares the cellar. This collaboration works because they both speak the same language: that of biodynamics, without compromise. The wines - exclusively Vindemiatrix and Serrat de la Plane - are created in tiny quantities. They tell of patience, of vines that have survived a century and of a scientist who combines theory and practice.