The 2025 Vintage
To begin with: the early wines, such as our Zweigelt Rosé or the Grüner Veltliner L&T, present themselves as fresh, lean, and fruitily spicy. They appeal very much to the tastes of wine lovers: lightness, verve, and drinkability are highly sought after both domestically and abroad, and these qualities are found in the Kamptal terraces of 2025 as well as in the classic vineyard sites such as Vogelsang or Loiserberg. Only the quantity of site-specific Riesling, especially from Heiligenstein, is much lower this year due to the strict selection during the final harvest weeks. Nevertheless, the wines are of outstanding quality.
2025 from the Winemaker’s Perspective
The year began cool, then moderately warm, and fairly dry. Just as we like it, the vines emerged a little later than in previous years. Sufficient moisture in spring led to vigorous shoot growth. The cool May brought only isolated late frosts. Thankfully, flowering began about two weeks later than in 2024, roughly in line with the average of the past two decades. Flowering lasted almost three weeks in the Kamptal, until the end of June. July brought cool, humid weather and active vegetative growth. With great effort, we managed to maintain the vineyards perfectly throughout the summer.
Just in time for the start of the harvest, the weather improved. The vines were perfectly healthy, fruit set was pleasing and generally balanced, in harmony with the vine stock. Ripening in the premier vineyard sites developed slowly but steadily. After a longer period, we once again experienced an ‘ideal’ start to the harvest, with grapes for our Bründlmayer Brut exactly on September 1.
For the final days of the harvest, we had to mobilize all our resources. From the best sites around Langenlois, we carefully picked Grüner Veltliner grapes with great patience. The remaining fruits had gained significant character by this relatively late harvest period. The weather remained unpredictable and set the rhythm. It was an exciting finale full of suspense, as conditions changed from day to day, and sometimes even hour to hour.
Patience and perseverance were ultimately rewarded: alongside Grüner Veltliner, late-harvest specialties such as the fruitily fresh Gelber Muskateller from Rosenhügel or the spicy Cabernet Franc from Heiligenstein made their way into the cellar.
