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NOTES
Weingut Bründlmayer is situated in Langenlois, some 70 km north-west of Vienna, upstream along the Danube in the Lower Austrian Kamp Valley. The wooded hills of the Waldviertel protect the vineyards from the cold north-westerly winds. During the day, the sun warms the stony terraces, while at night the fresh, fragrant forest air drifts through the Kamp Valley into the Langenloiser Arena.
The mostly terraced vineyards situated far from road traffic are unique in their diversity. Willi Bründlmayer attaches great importance to the ecological balance. Exclusively organic fertilizers are used in the vineyards. The natural resources – soil, sun, water, plants – are employed simply and intelligently. People tend and graft, but do not force themselves into the foreground. Exhausted vineyards are dug out and left fallow for five years to allow the soil to recover.
TASTING NOTES
The Bründlmayer family owns 10 hectares on the Zöbinger Heiligenstein. 9 hectares are planted with Riesling, the remainder with Cabernet. From a geological point of view the Zöbinger Heiligenstein site is not only the oldest but probably also the most interesting on the estate: the soil consists of desert sandstone with volcanic inclusions and is approximately 270 Million years old. The qualities of this soil provide the ideal precondition for growing outstanding wines.
Very elegant clear bouquet of flowery, fruity aromas woven with dark minerals and herbal spices ; a fresh and very focused wine with medium body and a compact structure, stone fruit (peaches) and citrus and pineapple on the palate; well balanced, vibrating but never unpleasant acidity and a very elegant mineral and dry finish; all types of seafood, grilled fish, fried chicken or pork a good alternative to red wine in combination with roast duck; matches with all various elegant Asian dishes.
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