Suddenly nature shows its tremendous power: and now the sap is rising in the vines, dripping gently from the cut shoots.

Teardrops of the Vineyard ...

This “water of the earth” taste of fresh and almost neutral, with a hint of green tannin. The buds are growing and suddenly, within a few days, grass, and blossoms and finally the shoots of a young vines erupt in spring colours.

Turbo Shooting:

This year the shoots emerged from the old wood as if they had been propelled by rocket fuel.  The combination of a wet winter and a warm April led to a fast start, ideal for a high-quality 2009 vintage.

We hope of a good harvest browsers that wine producer from his hibernation, the longer days are used to clear away the winter damage.  Their vines have to be provided with a structure to climb on, the most vigorous shoots are tied to supporting wires, gaps in the rows are filled with young vines.

Eroded soil is taken back up the hill, stones and fallen out of the wall placed back in the terraces.

After only a short while the air is filled, almost imperceptibly but still intensely, with the aroma of acacia blossom. Later, usually in early June, the delicate smell of vine and blossoms will pervade the landscape.

Happy are those able to work in the vineyards now!

Grass, herbs and clover compete with the wine for resources and make of the roots dig deeper into the soil, up to ten metres, where no other plant is able to reach, and where they alone will be able to find moisture during the hot summer months, and with it the mineral compounds dissolved in the water.  Closer to the surface, though rich carpet of plants supports a lively fauna consisting of earthworms and other organisms.

While nature is awakening, the wine producer heads back into the cellar in order to awaken the wines from their hibernation, and to bottle them.

Summer Collection 2008

Some wines spend one, two, or even three winters in barrels.  Prolonged yeast contact makes the wine more dense, more complex, and more substantial.  This is slow elevage is suited especially for Chardonnay and Pinot gris from our Spiegel vineyards, as well as to all red wines and the base wine for our sekt, which lives from the contrast of their fresh, lively carbon dioxide and the warm, creamy structure of the base wine.

Only after ripening the Bründlmayer Brut will show its full palette of flavours and its deep structure.  Every hint of aggressiveness will have left the base wine already in the barrel.

Nothing is more important at the moment, however, and then bottling the wines of the new vintage, preserving their lightness and freshness for the heat of summer.

The 2008 vintage is characterised by a fine maturity, supported by fresh fruit.

The first wines to show well are the Grüner Veltliner L&T and Kamptaler Terrassen, as well as Zweigelt rosé with its cherry aromas and its irresistible, youthful charm.

The more “ serious” wines from individual vineyards which are being vinified for maturity and complexity are remaining in the shadows for now.

These are not intended mainly for simple enjoyment, but will become the basis of entire nights of heated discussion about development and potential of the 2008 vintage.

After weighing all the pros and cons, the debaters will agree on opening one or two bottles of older vintages in order to see what has become of them.

All wines can be tasted by the glass in our Heurigen, a beautiful Renaissance building with romantic gardens.

Weingut Bründlmayer – Zwettlerstrasse 23 – A-3550 Langenlois

Tel. (++43) 02734-21720

www.bruendlmayer.at

www.heurigenhof.at