Loimer Langenloiser Grüner Veltliner – Organic Wine from Kamptal
The Loimer Langenloiser Grüner Veltliner 2020 Kamptal DAC is a dry organic wine from Austria. On the nose, the Langenloiser Grüner Veltliner from Weingut Fred Loimer smells of dried yellow apples, with a vegetal note and a hint of white pepper. With deeper inhalation, marigolds and chamomile emerge, slowly followed by aromas of dried apple slices, pear puree, and strawberry puree from the glass. On the palate, it is dry, with a fine extract sweetness, juicy, mineral-salty with balanced acidity and great harmony. A local wine that proudly represents its origin: Langenlois, and builds an exciting bridge between Grüner Veltliner Kamptal and Fred Loimer's single vineyard wines.
Fred Loimer – Winemaking
"The 2020 vintage – a summer like the old days, pleasantly beautiful and without extreme heat. The weather was very dry until the end of April – actually too dry. At the beginning of May, the long-awaited rain finally set in and returned at regular intervals. Thus, four months later, we recorded as much rainfall as typically occurs in an entire year. Thanks to this constant supply to the vines, all vineyards looked beautiful and developed splendidly. The rain distribution favored our grapes remaining healthy until late August this year. In such a year, the biodynamic farming method – the interaction of humans, animals, and plants – particularly pays off. It is our responsibility to achieve balanced growth and keep the vines in healthy balance. Only healthy growth forms a good basis for resilience. The grapes for the village wine come from "Erste Lagen" (First Growths) and are therefore a cuvée of the best vineyards around Langenlois. Grüner Veltliner from Seeberg, Hasel, Käferberg, Loiserberg, and Spiegel," reports Fred Loimer about this vintage.
The grapes for this Langeloiser Grüner Veltliner Kamptal DAC come from good vineyard sites around Langenlois, where Weingut Fred Loimer is located. The up to 50-year-old vines grew mainly on gneiss, with a small portion on loess and sandy-clayey sediments. The Grüner Veltliner was harvested from mid-September to early October 2020 – of course by hand, selectively in small 20kg crates. After mostly no maceration, 20% with a short maceration time of max. 2 hours, whole bunch pressing followed, spontaneous fermentation 70% in stainless steel tanks, 30% in large wood (2,500l oak) for 2 to 4 weeks at 20 to 22 degrees. Subsequently, the young wine remained on the fine lees for 5 months before being bottled in April 2021.
Langenloiser Grüner Veltliner – a wine and its values
- Origin Wine from Austria
- Growing region Kamptal
- Local wine Langenlois
- Grape variety Grüner Veltliner
- 12.5% vol. Alcohol
- 5.5 g/l Acidity
- 1.8 g/l Residual sugar
- 47 mg/l Total SO2
- vegan
Organic control number AT-BIO-402 – Austrian agriculture
