Kremstal

Joseph and Philipp Brundlmayer are passionate not only about winemaking but also their family history, one that is intimately connected with spectacular vineyard sites that they work entirely by hand. In the 1980s Joseph turned a passion for winemaking into a full time profession, taking the grapes that were normally sent to co-op and teaching himself how to make wine, but even more importantly adding vineyard sites. Not just any vineyard sites, the ones no one wanted to work since they were too hard, too high, too terraced. In short, many of the best sites of the Kremstal. It was when his son Philipp joined him in winemaking in 2015 that things really took off, innovations in winemaking, labeling and attention to low intervention vineyard management. Everything is done by hand, cover crops are used to their fullest and no attention to detail is spared in the health of their 100 different vineyard plots or in the meticulous cellar.

94+ Points! The 2020 Steiner Ried Grillenparz 1ÖTW Kremstal Riesling is pure, fresh and stony on the clear, precise, terroir-driven nose. Round and juicy on the elegant and refined palate, this Riesling has crystalline acidity and a long, intense, aromatic and salty-piquant finish. It is very young but digestible and with great talents to age terrifically well. Tasted in Grafenegg, September 2021. - Stephan Reinhardt, robertparker.com

98 Points! What a breathtaking bouquet of orange blossom, ripe melon and fresh basil, as well as the more conventional gruner veltliner aromas of white pepper and ripe yellow apple. With every swirl of the glass, it becomes more complex and exciting. On the medium-bodied palate, this bowls you over with its concentration and vitality. Super-long finish that’s balanced on the point of needle. Drink or hold. Screw cap. - JamesSuckling.com

95 Points! From a northeast-facing terrace built by the Ur-Donau River, the 2019 Furth Ried Silberbichl 1ÖTW Kremstal Riesling is intense in its lemon color and on the nose, which displays a crunchy, stony tone intermixed with elegant, ripe and well-concentrated (stone) fruit aromas. Round, refined and elegant on the palate, this is a fruity and charming but also vital and finely mineral Silberbichl with a long and intense yet well-balanced and playful finish. 13% alcohol. Tasted at Schloss Gobelsburg in June 2021. Tasted again in Grafenegg in early September, the Silberbichl Riesling was clear, intense and spicy on the elegant and refined but also dense and crystalline nose. Juicy, round and refined on the palate, this is a very elegant, salty-piquant and sustainable dry Riesling with the rare Malat purity and finesse. Very stimulating and promising. - Stephan Reinhardt, robertparker.com

94 Points! The 2019 Palt Ried Steinbühel 1ÖTW Kremstal Riesling is from a stony vineyard built of crystalline granulite and much younger gravels that is located like a little island in a wide loess area. It is very elegant and fine on the nevertheless intense, lemon-scented, flinty and stony nose. Round, refined and elegant on the palate, this full-bodied wine develops great intensity and fine grip and reveals ripe and dried stone fruit aromas on the crunchy, pure and stony finish that leaves the palate a little bit dry. 13% alcohol. Tasted at Schloss Gobelsburg in June 2021. Tasted again in Grafenegg in early September, the Steinbühel Riesling was deep, clear, fresh and pure on the elegant, well-articulated and precise nose. Full-bodied, tight and intense on the palate, with pretty fine phenolic grip and lingering salinity, this is an intense and sustainable Riesling made to age. Excellent aging capacity. - Stephan Reinhardt, robertparker.com

93 Points! Plenty of dried pineapple, mango and a hint of apricot. It’s very ripe, but remains dry, layered and lightly phenolic, giving it tension and focus. Drink or hold. Screw cap. - JamesSuckling.com