Rosner

Langenlois, Austria Langenlois is the centre of the Kamptal DAC, named after the Kamp river that flows into the Danube to the east of the city of Krems.The soils here are complex thanks to both marine and volcanic influences, and is especially well known for the deep banks of loess, a fine clay limestone deposit caused by Alpine erosion. Where the loess has been washed or blown away, especially on the steeper slopes, the hard primary rock is exposed giving cru wines from riesling and gruner veltliner a dynamic mineral precision and longevity. The Rosner family have been making wine here since 1897, and the management of the estate has been handed down through the generations until now.Stefan Rosner joined his father to work the vines and produce the wines in 2014. It was Stefan's father Norbert who was convinced of the importance of organic viticulture and the estate has been certified since 2010. Organic compost is used to invigorate the soils, cover crops are grown to encourage biodiversity, and only indigenous yeasts are used in the cellar for the fermentation. Alongside their early drinking village wine range of delicious dry riesling and gruner, they produce focused, mineral wines from a variety of Reids (single vineyard sites) such as Kittsmansberg and Spiegel. Since Stefan joined there have been further innovations, especially in a playful range of low intervention wines including pet nat, and the Wildrose range of varietals.