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Tasting note
- Colour & appearance
- Dense purple with violet reflections, slightly hazy – a glass that looks inherently artisanal rather than filtered.
- Nose
- Dark, tightly woven fruit: sour cherry flows into sweet cherry, cassis into raspberry, blackberry into plum – all crisp, nothing overripe. Alongside this, a delicate herbal thread of sage, mint and oregano provides counterpoint to the berry abundance without overpowering it.
- Palate
- Like biting into a handful of cold, fresh berries: juicy and inviting, with gentle astringency. Redcurrant and sour cherry take the lead, while tannins and bitter compounds remain discreetly in the background. This is all about fruit and drinkability – at just 11.5% abv, a red wine that remains light on its feet without becoming trivial.
- Finish
- Fresh and acidity-driven, with a lingering berry note and a fine herbal hint – dry, lively and satisfyingly long without complication.
- Terroir & origin
- Langenlois in the Kamptal: a patchwork of primary rock, loess and volcanic remnants, swept by cool Waldviertel air from the north and Pannonian warmth from the south. These temperature swings are the secret behind such aromatically intense grapes – Fred Loimer has harnessed them with almost geological precision since taking over the estate in 1998.
- Grape variety & vinification
- Vinified as in days gone by: deep-rooted Austrian grape varieties from various vintages, spontaneously fermented, partly as whole bunches, unfined and unfiltered, patiently aged in wood. Made in a dry style, with fresh acidity as its backbone.
- Food pairings
- A red for hearty, savoury fare: cured venison ham with green leaf salad and mustard dressing, beef goulash with Spätzle and Savoy cabbage, or – for a vegetarian option – beetroot carpaccio with pumpkin seeds and radicchio. Served lightly chilled, it shows its most accessible side.
- Special features
- The name “Gluegglich” means what it says: a wine that warms and refreshes at once. Behind it stands Loimer’s co-founding of respekt-BIODYN – a biodynamic certification stricter than Demeter, allowing no shortcuts even in the cellar. A natural wine with character and edge, proving that Austria’s red wine tradition can offer far more than pleasing standard fare.
