Kamptal
The region’s name is derived from the Kamp river and its centre happens to be Austria's largest wine town, Langenlois. With 4,000 hectares under vine, the Kamptal is one of Austria's larger winegrowing areas. Once again, Riesling and Grüner Veltliner are the main varieties. The Kamptal is home to the exceptional Heiligenstein vineyard, known for the "hell-like" insolation that influences the hot, dry mesoclimate. The soil dates back 270 million years to the Permian age, and is composed of desert sandstone with volcanic particles. The brilliant Bründlmayer is our Kamptal producer.
Latitude
48.4782956
Longitude
15.6834889
Bründlmayer
Willi Bründlmayer
Winemaker
About
This is probably Austria's number one estate outside the Wachau. If you are to believe former World Champion sommelier Andreas Larsson, Bründlmayer is in fact the nation’s finest, bar none. However you look at it, this is another one of the world’s top white winegrowers. The winery is situated in Langenlois, some 70 km northwest 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 Kamptal is not far from the Wachau or Kremstal but it does throw up a whole different terroir and style mix. Grüner Veltliner and Riesling are still kings but there are no Federspiel/Smaragd categories. The wines of Bründlmayer are dry, mineral, powerful and harmonious.
Since 1980 this talented winemaker has transformed 125 acres of terraces, set above the Danube in Langenlois, into a beacon for Austrian wine. Jancis Robinson on Willi Bründlmayer