Fred Loimer's Kamptal estate - biodynamic Grüner and Riesling across some eighty-five hectares, an early Austrian biodynamic name, and a serious sparkling programme.
Fred Loimer took over his family's Langenlois winery in 1997 and spent the next decade converting the vineyards to biodynamics. The story is a familiar Austrian mid-career arc: inherited cellars, decision to convert the vineyards, then the modern winery - a matte-black cube designed by Andreas Burghardt, completed in 2000 - built on top of the hand-dug 19th-century cellars. The architecture gets the attention; the vines are the work.
The estate farms around sixty-five hectares in Kamptal plus the partnered Schellmann holdings in Gumpoldskirchen (Thermenregion), bringing the total to roughly eighty-five hectares - all biodynamic, certified since 2006, under Respekt-BIODYN (of which Loimer is a founding member). The key Kamptal single-vineyard sites (Rieden) span the full Kamptal geological range:
The entry-level regional blend is called Lois, a Grüner Veltliner made from contracted fruit that works above its pay grade. Above that, village-level bottlings and the single-vineyard Rieden.
Grüner Veltliner and Riesling are the pillars, but Loimer also runs one of Austria's more serious traditional-method sparkling programmes, launched around 2013 - a Sekt Austria collection including Blanc de Blancs Langenlois, Blanc de Noirs Gumpoldskirchen, and Grosse Reserve bottlings with up to five years on lees. The extended-skin-contact range is small but present (the Achtung Gemischter Satz spends four weeks on skins). In the cellar: native yeasts, temperature-controlled slow fermentations, a mix of stainless steel and large neutral oak, no bâtonnage for the dry wines.
The house style is precise and mineral - Kamptal's answer to Wachau density, built around loess-driven aromatic lift and cool-climate tension rather than weight.

Brut Rosé Reserve (d2020)

Brut Rosé Reserve (d2024)

Extra Brut Reserve (d2021)

Extra Brut Reserve (d2024)

Gluegglich Glückliches

Gluegglich Rosé Glückliches

Gluegglich Rot Glückliches

Langenlois Ried Käferberg 1ÖTW Grüner Veltliner

Pet Nat

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir

Ried Loiserberg 1ÖTW Grüner Veltliner