Langenlois Große Reserve Brut Nature – Organic Sparkling Wine by Loimer
The Loimer sparkling wine Langenlois Große Reserve Brut Nature is a "masterpiece" by Fred Loimer. It's a Blanc de Blanc without dosage - Brut Nature. It's not without reason that this sparkling wine bears the designation Große Reserve: fine perlage, discreet yeast notes, brioche and apple peels in the bouquet, elegant mousse, taut minerality, shortbread, roasted almonds, lemon zest, dry with finely chiseled acidity, grapefruit with salt in the exceptionally long finish. Magnificent!
Fine Austrian grower sparkling wine has been produced in Langenlois for decades. A handful of established sparkling wine producers in the town have built up and consolidated the quality of Kamptal sparkling wines over the years. Until 1998, sparkling wine was also produced at Weingut Loimer. Now, after a 17-year hiatus, the method of classic bottle fermentation is being reintroduced at the winery, this time, however, with the active support of Andreas Wickhoff MW, who plays an important role in base wine production, blending, and marketing. The wines come from vineyards in Langenlois and Gumpoldskirchen and were produced according to the biodynamic guidelines of the Respekt winegrowers' association. Three sparkling wines have so far been produced by Weingut Fred Loimer using the "méthode traditionnelle" – the classic secondary fermentation in the bottle – and serve to consolidate Langenlois' reputation as a sparkling wine stronghold.
Vinification – Langenlois Große Reserve 2013
- Harvest: selective hand-picking into 20 kg crates at the beginning of September
- Maceration: none, whole cluster pressing (yield: 50 liters of juice from 100 kg of grapes)
- Pre-clarification: sedimentation 36 - 48 hours
- 1st fermentation: spontaneous in stainless steel tanks at 18° - 22°, 2 to 4 weeks, followed by malolactic fermentation
- Aging: in stainless steel tanks on full lees for 7 months and on fine lees for another 2 months
- 2nd fermentation: Bottled: 30.6.2014
- Lees aging: at least 48 months
- Disgorgement date: March 2020
- Dosage: 0 g/l
- SO2 addition: 20 mg/l after malolactic fermentation before bottling, no addition during disgorgement
- SO2 7 mg free - 40 mg total
Award-winning sparkling wine – Loimer
94 A la carte, 93 Falstaff Sparkling Wine Trophy, 4 stars Vinaria, 92 Wein-Plus, Sparkling Wine of the Year 2023 Gault Millau
Organic control body AT-BIO-402 – Austrian agriculture
