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Weingut Fichtenbauer-Mold

A family-run Langenlois estate focused on Kamptal DAC Riesling and Grüner Veltliner, with vineyards across loess, slate, granite and gneiss.

The producer

Weingut Fichtenbauer-Mold works 19 hectares beside the Kamp in Langenlois, where a Pannonian climate and varied vineyard ground frame a range led by Riesling and Grüner Veltliner. Third- and fourth-generation winemakers run the estate together, producing Kamptal DAC wines alongside single-vineyard bottlings, Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay, St. Laurent, Zweigelt and rosé.

The vineyards are managed without herbicides: weeds are removed by hand, while compost and grape marc are returned to the rows. Riesling Kamptal DAC Klassik, assembled from several parcels, offers the clearest documented taste of the house: peach, passion fruit and yellow tropical fruit lead into juicy stone fruit, lemony acidity and a mineral finish.

Known for

Kamptal DAC Riesling and Grüner Veltliner from Langenlois.

Notable facts

The story

When Wine Became The Family’s Full-Time Work

In 1930, the Fichtenbauer-Mold family moved winemaking from a sideline into its principal occupation. Wine was no longer fitted around other work; it became the family’s daily trade in Langenlois. Falstaff separately dates the winery’s founding to 1936, so the two years mark different moments in the estate’s history: first the decision to work full-time in wine, then the founding date recorded for the winery. The family estate is now run by its third and fourth generations, whose range includes Kamptal DAC Riesling and Grüner Veltliner, single-vineyard wines, reds and rosé.

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Weingut Fichtenbauer-Mold

At A Glance

Weingut Fichtenbauer-Mold is a family estate in Langenlois, Lower Austria, working 19 hectares beside the Kamp. Riesling and Grüner Veltliner lead a white-wine range shaped by Kamptal DAC bottlings, single-vineyard wines, rosé and reds from St. Laurent and Zweigelt.

The working team joins the third and fourth generations of full-time winemakers. Across vineyards containing loess, slate, granite and gneiss, the family avoids herbicides, weeds by hand, and returns compost and grape marc to the ground.

The Producer

Fichtenbauer-Mold places family ownership at the centre of an estate history it traces back centuries. Falstaff dates the winery’s founding to 1936; today, its third and fourth generations work together in Langenlois, where 19 hectares supply a range led by white grapes. That scale allows Riesling and Grüner Veltliner to sit beside Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay, St. Laurent and Zweigelt rather than asking one grape to tell the whole story.

Place

Langenlois sits in Lower Austria’s Kamptal, beside the Kamp, where Falstaff identifies a Pannonian climate as a key influence on the estate’s wines. The local setting frames the house style around fresh, youthful Riesling and Grüner Veltliner: wines intended to carry fruit and acidity clearly rather than obscure them with a heavy cellar imprint.

Soil And Site

The estate’s vineyards include loess, slate, granite and gneiss. This is a varied physical foundation across the 19 hectares, so the Kamptal DAC Riesling can draw on several parcels instead of presenting itself as a single-site statement. The result is a regional Riesling with a wider vineyard base, while the separate single-vineyard wines leave room for a more focused site selection.

Story

The family’s long connection with wine eventually became an organised Langenlois winery: Falstaff records 1936 as the founding date, while the estate continues under two generations of working winemakers. Their range remains broad enough to include red and rosé wine, but white grapes occupy the larger share. That choice keeps Riesling and Grüner Veltliner at the centre of the label, with Kamptal DAC wines providing the regional frame.

Vineyards And Cellar

No herbicides are used in the vineyards, where weeds are managed manually. Compost and grape marc are spread in the rows, returning organic material from vineyard and harvest work to the soil. These are practical choices made before fruit reaches the cellar, and they sit behind wines whose documented character is fresh and fruit-led rather than dependent on a named oak treatment.

The estate also works with integrated vineyard management and holds the Sustainability Certificate Austria. For a bottle such as Riesling Kamptal DAC, which combines fruit from several parcels, the vineyard work matters across the blend: each parcel enters a wine intended to be youthful, versatile at the table and recognisably Kamptal.

Wines

The range has five clear lanes: Kamptal DAC wines, single-vineyard wines, other white wines, reds and rosé. Grüner Veltliner and Riesling establish the white core, with Pinot Blanc and Chardonnay extending it; St. Laurent and Zweigelt carry the red side. This structure separates regional wines from site-labelled bottles without treating the whole cellar as one style.

Riesling Kamptal DAC is assembled from several vineyard parcels, making it the estate’s regional Riesling rather than a bottling tied to one named slope. The producer describes it as fresh and youthful, with food-pairing flexibility. Alongside it, the single-vineyard category offers a different label choice, while the red and rosé wines bring St. Laurent, Zweigelt and a separate colour and tannin profile into the range.

In The Glass

The documented 2015 Riesling Kamptal DAC Klassik opens with yellow tropical fruit, peach, passion fruit and floral honey. On the palate, sweet stone-fruit notes meet a juicy texture and fresh acidity; the wine then narrows into lemon on the finish. Falstaff also found a mineral character, so the fruit does not end as simple ripeness but carries through with a firmer, stony edge.

This sequence fits a Riesling assembled from several Kamptal parcels: aromatic fruit arrives first, acidity supplies the line through the palate, and the finish returns to citrus and mineral detail. Falstaff awarded the 2015 vintage 90 points.

A Bottle To Understand It

Start with Riesling Kamptal DAC Klassik. It is the estate’s parcel-blended regional Riesling, so it brings the Kamptal category, the family’s white-wine focus and a documented tasting record into one bottle. Expect peach, passion fruit and yellow tropical fruit before juicy stone fruit, lemony acidity and a mineral finish. Its youthful freshness and food-friendly role make it a useful first encounter with Fichtenbauer-Mold’s Riesling.

Anecdote

In 1930, the Fichtenbauer-Mold family made winemaking its principal occupation rather than keeping it as a sideline. The change turned wine into the family’s full-time work, establishing the commitment that later became the winery recorded by Falstaff as founded in 1936. The two dates describe different moments: 1930 marks the move into full-time wine production, while 1936 is the winery’s reported founding year. Today, the third and fourth generations work together in Langenlois, tending the estate’s vineyards and filling a range that runs from Kamptal DAC Riesling and Grüner Veltliner to single-vineyard wines, reds and rosé.

Final Word

Fichtenbauer-Mold offers a grounded view of Langenlois: family work across 19 hectares, several soil types and a range centred on white grapes. Riesling Kamptal DAC Klassik is the clearest place to begin, because its peach, citrus, acidity and mineral finish show the regional wine in direct, drinkable form.

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