Our older vintages
Ried Heiligenstein Riesling
2025
1ÖTW Erste Lage Kamptal DAC
Bright golden yellow with green reflections. Subtle peach notes, delicate aromas of blossom honey, lime zest, and ripe nectarines; an attractive bouquet. Good complexity, juicy, with a mineral core; yellow stone fruit, finely structured, lingers very well, developed and balanced, yellow fruit nuances in the mineral finish, promising future.
The Bründlmayer family owns 12 hectares right in the centre of the Zöbinger Heiligenstein. It's not only the oldest but probably also the most interesting vinyard on our estate: the soil consists of approximately 270 Mio years old Perm desert sandstone.
Grape variety
Riesling
Harvest yield
3,500 l / ha
Vine training systems
Guyot, Lyre
Date of harvest
October 2025
Alcohol content
12.5%
Bottle closure type
Natural cork
Awards
- 95/100
- Falstaff Wineguide 2026/27
Site and climate
Ried Heiligenstein
Size
36.7 ha
Elevation
230 – 345 m
Inclination
13 °
Orientation
SSW
The terraced south and southwest facing slope of Zöbinger Heiligenstein has a unique geological history that has been preserved in this particular area.
The 2025 vintage
2025 began cool, then end of winter it turned mild and fairly dry. Much to our liking, the vines budded a little later than in previous years. Sufficient moisture in the spring led to vigorous budding. The cool May brought only isolated late frosts. Thankfully, this meant that flowering began two weeks later than in 2024, roughly in line with the average for the last two decades. In the Kamptal region, it lasted almost three weeks, until the end of June. July brought cool, wet weather and vigorous vegetative growth. With a lot of hard work, we managed to keep our vineyards in good shape throughout the summer. Just in time for the start of...