Fred Loimer – Sekt Brut Rosé Reserve [ORGANIC]
The Loimer Sekt Brut Rosé Reserve is a magnificent sparkling wine from winemaker Fred Loimer in Langenlois, Kamptal. This sparkling wine, made from Zweigelt, Pinot Noir, and Sankt Laurent, impresses with a delicate, long-lasting mousse, developing splendidly with air, offering yeasty notes, plum compote, and cherry strudel. It unfolds its strength on the palate with subtle fruit, a fine mousse, white nougat, and hazelnut cake, providing a pleasant mouthfeel and wonderfully integrated acidity, coming very close to a Champagne. A sparkling rosé experience!
Fine Austrian winemaker sparkling wine has been produced in Langenlois for decades. A handful of established sparkling wine producers in the town have built and consolidated the quality of Kamptal sparkling wines over the years. Until 1998, sparkling wine was also produced at Weingut Loimer. Now, after a 17-year hiatus, the method of traditional bottle fermentation is being reintroduced at the winery, this time with the active support of Andreas Wickhoff MW, who plays an important role in base wine production, blending, and marketing. The wines come from vineyards in Langenlois and Gumpoldskirchen and were produced according to the biodynamic guidelines of the Respekt winegrowers' association. Four sparkling wines are produced using the "méthode traditionnelle" – the classic secondary fermentation in the bottle – and serve to consolidate Langenlois' reputation as a sparkling wine stronghold.
Vinification – Brut Rosé Reserve
- Harvest: selective hand-picking into 20 kg crates
- Grape varieties: Zweigelt, Pinot Noir, Sankt Laurent
- Maceration time: none
- Whole cluster pressing (yield: 50 liters of juice from 100 kg of grapes)
- Pre-clarification: sedimentation 36 - 48 hours
- 1st fermentation: spontaneous in steel tanks at 18° - 22°, malolactic fermentation
- Aging: in steel tanks for 4 months on the full lees, after racking in January on the fine lees for another 4 months
- 2nd fermentation
- traditional bottle fermentation
- Aging on lees: 24 months
- Hand-riddled
- Disgorgement date: May 2023
- Dosage: 3 g/l
- SO2 addition: 15 mg/l after the first racking
Loimer Sekt – awarded
Best Rosé Sekt in Austria with 92.5 points at the Gourmetwelten Rosé Cup 2023, 91 Falstaff Sparkling Wine Trophy, 91 Wine Advocate, 92 Wine Enthusiast, 91 A la Carte Grand Cru Tasting, 90 Wine & Spirits, 17.5 Gault & Millau, 93 Genuss Trophy. Winner Organic Wines, 3 stars Vinaria Guide, 94 genuss.wein.pur
Organic control body AT-BIO-402 – Austrian agriculture
