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Weingut Jürgen Landmann

A family estate in Freiburg-Waltershofen, Baden, in Landmann hands since at least 1667 and run by Jürgen Landmann alone since 2013.

The producer

Weingut Jürgen Landmann works from Freiburg-Waltershofen in Baden, where the family estate says its history reaches back to at least 1667. Jürgen Landmann took over with his brother in 1995 and became sole operator in 2013. The estate farms organically, keeps yields low and makes wines with minimal alteration; its products follow Bioland guidelines unless otherwise identified.

Alpensegler Pinot Noir Organic 2022 gives that work a clear shape: hand-harvested Pinot Noir, spontaneously vinified and matured before release. Floral red fruit, herbs and spice lead into a medium-bodied palate where fresh acidity carries mature tannin through a persistent finish. The premium L.L.L. line takes a different route, with extended maturation in French oak.

Known for

Organic Baden wines, led by Alpensegler Pinot Noir Organic 2022 and premium L.L.L. wines matured in French oak.

Notable facts

The story

From shared takeover to sole stewardship

In 1995, Jürgen Landmann took over the parental estate with his brother. The family property in Freiburg-Waltershofen had already been in Landmann hands for generations, combining winegrowing with agriculture. The brothers ran the estate through the first stage of its succession, while its work remained rooted in Baden. In 2013, Jürgen Landmann assumed sole responsibility. He has operated the estate alone since then, continuing a family account that dates its ownership of the property to at least 1667.

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Weingut Jürgen Landmann

At A Glance

Weingut Jürgen Landmann is a family estate in Freiburg-Waltershofen, Baden, where Jürgen Landmann has run the parental property alone since 2013. The estate says it has been in family hands since at least 1667 and farms organically, with low yields and an aim of making unadulterated wines. The most fully documented bottle is Alpensegler Pinot Noir Organic 2022: hand-harvested Pinot Noir, spontaneously vinified and matured before release, with red fruit, floral notes, fresh acidity and mature tannin.

The Producer

Landmann presents itself as a traditional Baden wine estate, but its current chapter has a clear date: Jürgen Landmann took over in 1995, initially alongside his brother, before taking sole responsibility in 2013. The long family ownership provides continuity; the named Pinot Noir provides a practical view of the present cellar. Alpensegler is not presented as an abstract house style, but as a wine whose harvest and fermentation details can be followed into the glass.

Place

The estate address is Umkircherstraße 29 in Freiburg-Waltershofen, in Baden, Germany. Baden is the regional setting named for Landmann’s wines; the material retained here does not attach Alpensegler to a particular village appellation or vineyard parcel. That matters on the label: the bottle is best understood first through its producer, Baden setting and Pinot Noir grape, rather than through an unsupported site name.

Soil And Site

Landmann names top sites and low yields among its working criteria, while the retained material does not name individual soils or parcels. The physical site story therefore begins with crop level rather than a speculative geological claim. Fewer grapes can mean more attention is concentrated in the fruit that remains, and Alpensegler’s medium body and persistent finish fit a Pinot Noir handled for shape rather than sheer weight.

Story

The estate’s history reaches back at least to 1667 in the family account. Josef Landmann took over in the 1950s, and his wife became Baden’s first wine princess, placing one branch of the family story in the public life of the region. Jürgen Landmann’s later stewardship carries that estate into its current organic programme. The result is a Baden producer whose documented range runs from a named, hand-harvested Pinot Noir to the longer-matured L.L.L. wines.

Vineyards And Cellar

Organic cultivation sits at the centre of Landmann’s stated approach, and products comply with Bioland guidelines unless otherwise identified. Low yields and selected sites are paired with an intention to make wines without unnecessary alteration. For Alpensegler Pinot Noir Organic 2022, the vineyard work continues through hand harvesting, so fruit is picked by hand rather than machine.

In the cellar, Alpensegler is spontaneously vinified and then matured before release. Spontaneous fermentation lets the process begin without a specified commercial yeast, while maturation gives the finished wine time to settle into its fruit, acidity and tannin. Elsewhere in the range, the premium L.L.L. wines receive extended ageing in French oak. That creates a separate cellar lane: Alpensegler is the documented Pinot Noir, while L.L.L. signals a more oak-aged premium selection without claiming details the available material does not name.

Wines

The documented Landmann range has two useful points of reference. Alpensegler Pinot Noir Organic 2022 is a named organic red made from Pinot Noir, picked by hand and spontaneously vinified. Its medium body, fresh acidity and mature tannin describe a red built around lift and grip rather than heavy extraction. Red-fruit character keeps Pinot Noir at the centre of the bottle.

The L.L.L. wines occupy the premium end of the documented range and receive extended maturation in French oak. French oak ageing can add wood-derived spice and broaden texture, but the available information does not assign a grape, vintage or individual cuvée to that line. Together, the two references show an estate working with both a clearly described Pinot Noir and a longer-aged French-oak selection.

In The Glass

Alpensegler Pinot Noir Organic 2022 opens on floral aromas and red fruit, followed by herbal notes and spice. On the palate it is medium-bodied, with fresh acidity carrying the fruit rather than turning it jammy. The tannins are mature, so the wine has grip without a rough edge. Its hand harvest, spontaneous vinification and time in élevage frame a Pinot Noir whose red-fruit core stays present through a persistent finish.

A Bottle To Understand It

Start with Alpensegler Pinot Noir Organic 2022. It is the Landmann bottle for which grape, farming and cellar work are all documented: organic production, hand harvesting, spontaneous vinification and maturation before release. Expect floral and red-fruit aromas, herbs and spice, then medium body, fresh acidity, mature tannin and a lasting finish. It puts Baden Pinot Noir and Landmann’s stated preference for unadulterated wine in the same glass.

Anecdote

In 1995, Jürgen Landmann took over the parental estate with his brother. The arrangement lasted through the first stage of the succession, while the family property continued its work in Freiburg-Waltershofen. In 2013, Landmann assumed sole responsibility for the estate. The two dates mark a change from shared management to one person running a family winegrowing and agricultural property whose history, in the estate’s account, reaches back at least to 1667. Jürgen Landmann has operated it alone since then.

Final Word

Landmann offers a tangible way into Baden through Alpensegler Pinot Noir Organic 2022: organically grown Pinot Noir, hand-picked, spontaneously vinified and shaped by fresh acidity, red fruit and mature tannin. The L.L.L. wines add a second, French-oak-aged strand to the range.

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