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Our older vintages

Ried Käferberg

Grüner Veltliner

2018

Kamptal DAC, Erste Lage ÖTW

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An expressive bouquet that spans a wide range from wild honey & walnuts to cherry plums, revealing high maturity and yet remains a wine of prancing elegance, clear and taut; delicate fruit & luxuriant texture, packed with yellow fruit; fleshy, even plump, builds up a lot of pressure on the palate but never seems fat, quasi-Burgundian in form: the display of fruit remains quite persistent into the long finish; a wine with a future.

Viktor Siegl

The soil here differs from that of all other sites in the region. At the 300 metre level, preserved calcareous, clayey marine deposits are found. This soil is similar to that of the famous Château Petrus in Pomerol, and produces an extremely dense wine, although it is difficult to work with. The elevation contributes good acidity structure also in warm vintages and late harvests.

Grape variety
Grüner Veltliner
Harvest yield
2,500 l / ha
Vine training system
Guyot
Date of harvest
September 27–29, 2018
Alcohol content
14.5%
Bottle closure type
Natural cork
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Awards

96/100
A la Carte Weinguide 2020
95/100
FALSTAFF MAGAZIN DEZ-FEB. 2020
97/100
Decanter World Wine Awards 2022
94/100
Falstaff Wein Guide 2019/20
93+/100
ROBERT PARKER, THE WINE ADVOCATE 03/20

Site and climate

Ried Käferberg

Size
30.4 ha
Elevation
310 – 345 m
Inclination
5 °
Orientation
SE

The vineyard Langenloiser Käferberg is a warm, sheltered site between 310 and 345 meters above sea level, with a southerly and southeasterly aspect. 

The 2018 vintage
Nature provided us with a rich and mature harvest! The earlier wines in the cellar indicate good things to come. Here is a quick review of our vintage 2018: January was quite warm, February and March cool once again. Then, however, instead of springtime, summer immediately arrived in Langenlois! In Kamptal we did not suffer any late frost, just a short cooler period with continuous and quite heavy rain in May and many, many hours of sunlight, making circumstances ideal for an incredibly early and perfect flowering (starting the 22nd of May). There were high hopes for an outstanding harvest. Summer was extremely dry, apart from a few...

Maturation

This wine is usually fermented in used (2 - 3 years old) 300 liter Austrian oak barrels. For further maturation, it is racked into 2.500 l casks (also 2 - 3 years old).

Food pairing recommendation

Exotic dishes like curry and stir-fried dishes; typical Austrian dishes like Wiener Schnitzel, and roasted goose, duck or pork; goose or duck liver with vegetables and fruit; calf’s liver with apples and onions etc.