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Hans Reisetbauer, Plum Eau de Vie, NV (375ml)

Spirit from Other Austria, Austria
by Hans Reisetbauer
$64.99
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It takes 10 kilos (over 22 pounds) of ripe plums to make a single liter of this eau de vie, and you can taste every one of them. Hans Reisetbauer is one of Austria's great fruit distillers. He planted his first orchard in Axberg in 1990 with the modest goal of making the best eau de vie in the world. This bottling comes from Hauszwetschke, the old Austrian house plum, grown in the family's own certified-organic grove of 2,000 trees. The fruit is picked in September, once it's fully ripe and just starting to dry out, which concentrates both sugar and flavor. After pitting and a two-week ferment, it's double-distilled in copper pot stills. The spirit then rests at least three years in stainless steel, with no wood. That means no oak standing between you and the fruit (a nice bit of trivia: Hans changed how he farms after tasting at DRC with Aubert de Villaine). At 375ml, it's an easy way to find out what real fruit brandy tastes like.

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More about Hans Reisetbauer

Hans Reisetbauer planted his first orchard in 1990 on his family's farm in Axberg, Austria, with one big ambition: to make world-class fruit spirits. His first still followed in 1994, and today the certified organic farm has around 17,000 Williams pear trees and 7,000 apple trees feeding a remarkable range of eaux-de-vie. He later turned estate-grown organic grain into Blue Gin, Axberg Vodka and single malt whisky. In 2019 the distillery was rebuilt as an energy self-sufficient facility with precision-controlled stills.

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Wine Details

  • Vintage

    NV

  • Size

    375ml

  • Farming Practice

    Biodynamic

  • Sweetness

    Dry

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

What Skurnik Wines has to say about this wine:

Plum eau-de-vie produced by Hans Reisetbauer in Axberg, Austria

Distilled from 100% organic, estate-grown Hauszwetschke plums sourced from the Reisetbauer family farm

Plums are chopped and pitted before fermenting for 14 days at precisely 19 °C (roughly 66 °F)

Distilled twice in a Christian Carl copper pot still

Rested for a minimum of 3 years in stainless steel

Captures a full spectrum of plum aromas and flavors from nose to finish—fresh plum, candied plum, and plum skin—along with lemongrass; hints of angelica root and orange blossom accompany a faint gentian root earthiness

41.5% ABV

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Pour a small glass after dinner alongside Zwetschgenknödel (Austrian plum dumplings), a plum or damson tart, Linzer torte, or a plate of aged Alpine cheeses like Bergkäse and Comté. It also works with dark chocolate truffles.

Tasting Profile

Fresh plum, candied plum and plum skin run from the nose through to the finish. Behind the fruit come lemongrass, hints of angelica root and orange blossom, and a faint earthy note like gentian root. It's unaged in wood, so you get only clear, focused fruit and no oak. 41.5% ABV.

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