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Weingut Landerer

A 25-hectare Kaiserstuhl estate where Johannes Landerer works with family-grown Burgundy varieties, loess-grown Weißburgunder and Pinot Noir shaped by volcanic Baden sites.

The producer

Weingut Landerer, founded in 1989, is a 25-hectare family estate in Baden’s Kaiserstuhl. Johannes Landerer oversees vineyard and cellar work, continuing a family history with Burgundy varieties. Kirchberg, Eichberg and Henkenberg are tied to volcanic-weathering soils, while Weißburgunder vom Löss begins with Pinot Blanc grown on loess.

The range is most clearly read through its white and red poles. Weißburgunder vom Löss brings fruit, acidity and a textured body; Kaiserstuhl Spätburgunder brings cherry fruit, spice, oak and tannic grip. The Swedish-market 2023 Spätburgunder is entirely Pinot Noir, making it a direct route into Landerer’s red-wine style.

Known for

Kaiserstuhl Pinot Blanc and Pinot Noir, from loess and volcanic-weathering soils.

Notable facts

The story

Johannes’s first vineyard

Johannes Landerer began experimenting in the vineyard at 17. His first planting was Sauvignon Blanc, rather than one of the Burgundy varieties the family had cultivated for generations. In 2016, his father Thomas died unexpectedly, and Johannes took sole responsibility for the estate’s viticulture and cellar operations. The change placed both harvest decisions and wine-making work in his hands. He describes his work as continuing Thomas Landerer’s legacy, while the current range includes Weißburgunder vom Löss, Kaiserstuhl Spätburgunder and wines connected to Kirchberg, Eichberg and Henkenberg.

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Weingut Landerer

At A Glance

Weingut Landerer is a 25-hectare family estate in Baden’s Kaiserstuhl, owned by Johannes Landerer, who oversees both vineyards and cellar. The family has grown Burgundy varieties for generations, so Weißburgunder and Spätburgunder sit naturally at the centre of the range; Johannes’s own first planting, however, was Sauvignon Blanc. The estate is certified organic under DE-ÖKO-022, and wines from vintage 2024 onward may carry the organic seal.

The Producer

The winery’s listed foundation year is 1989, while its vineyard history reaches further through the family’s work with Burgundy grapes. Johannes Landerer now brings together the vineyard and cellar decisions, which matters because the estate’s wines move from loess-grown Weißburgunder to Kaiserstuhl Spätburgunder and bottles tied to named sites. The result is a range built around grape and ground, rather than a collection of unrelated labels.

Place

Landerer works in the Kaiserstuhl, the volcanic area of Baden that appears directly on the Kaiserstuhl Spätburgunder label. That regional name locates the Pinot Noir within the estate’s volcanic setting, while Weißburgunder vom Löss narrows the focus to Pinot Blanc grown on loess. The two names provide a useful way into the wines: one begins with a broad regional designation, the other with the soil beneath the vines.

Soil And Site

Kirchberg, Eichberg and Henkenberg are the estate’s named vineyard sites, each associated with volcanic-weathering soils. These are not interchangeable names on a label: they identify the ground from which the estate’s vineyard wines can be drawn. Loess is documented separately for Weißburgunder vom Löss, giving that bottle a different physical starting point from the volcanic Kaiserstuhl red.

Story

The Landerer family’s long work with Burgundy varieties supplies the estate’s continuity; its modern shape rests with Johannes Landerer. The listed 1989 foundation and the current 25 hectares set the scale of a family producer rather than a single-vineyard project. Within that frame, the wines retain clear grape roles: Pinot Blanc carries the loess bottling, Pinot Noir carries the Kaiserstuhl red, and the named volcanic sites offer further places for the range to become more specific.

Vineyards And Cellar

Organic certification under DE-ÖKO-022 is a documented estate-wide commitment, made visible on labels from the 2024 vintage onward. In the cellar, the useful distinction is bottle-specific: the Weißburgunder vom Löss has its own documented vinification, while Kaiserstuhl Spätburgunder has separately documented élevage. That keeps the white’s fruit, acidity and texture distinct from the red’s oak, cherry fruit, tannin and spice, instead of treating every Landerer wine as though it were made the same way.

Wines

The range includes estate wines linked to soil and cellar work, Kaiserstuhl-labelled bottles, and wines from Kirchberg, Eichberg and Henkenberg. Weißburgunder vom Löss is the white reference point: Pinot Blanc grown on loess, with fruit and acidity carrying a textured body toward the finish. Kaiserstuhl Spätburgunder is the red reference point: Pinot Noir from the Kaiserstuhl, where the documented élevage brings oak and spice into a wine shaped around cherry fruit, tannin and length.

The two bottles also clarify the estate’s grape language. Weißburgunder is Pinot Blanc, a white Burgundy variety, and Spätburgunder is Pinot Noir, the red Burgundy variety. For the Swedish-market 2023 Kaiserstuhl Spätburgunder, the composition is entirely Spätburgunder. That makes its red-fruit aroma, tannic grip and oak-derived spice a direct expression of Pinot Noir in this particular regional bottle.

In The Glass

Weißburgunder vom Löss begins with fruit rather than oak, then moves through acidity and a fuller, textured palate. Loess is the stated soil beneath the Pinot Blanc, while the bottle’s documented vinification provides the cellar side of its shape. The finish is therefore most useful to read as the end of a white built from fruit, acidity and body, not as a generic light white wine.

Kaiserstuhl Spätburgunder moves in a different sequence: cherry fruit first, then spice and oak, followed by tannin and length. Its Pinot Noir base keeps the wine in red-fruit territory, while the documented élevage accounts for the oak component and the more savoury edge of spice. The palate has more grip and weight than the Weißburgunder, and its finish extends the interplay of fruit, tannin and oak rather than repeating the white’s acidity-led texture.

A Bottle To Understand It

Start with the Kaiserstuhl Spätburgunder. It is Pinot Noir from the Kaiserstuhl, and the Swedish-market 2023 bottling is entirely Spätburgunder, so the grape is not obscured by a blend. Cherry fruit, spice, oak and tannin give it a complete red-wine shape, while its length shows how fruit and élevage continue after the first sip. It also connects the estate’s family history with Burgundy varieties to a named Baden region and a bottle that can be read through both place and grape.

Anecdote

Johannes Landerer began experimenting in the vineyard when he was 17 years old. Rather than beginning with one of the family’s established Burgundy varieties, he planted his first vineyard to Sauvignon Blanc. Years later, in 2016, his father Thomas died unexpectedly. Johannes then took sole responsibility for both viticulture and cellar operations at the estate. His work now includes the vineyard decisions and the winemaking decisions behind bottles such as Weißburgunder vom Löss and Kaiserstuhl Spätburgunder, while he describes that work as continuing his father’s legacy.

Final Word

Landerer is easiest to approach through contrast: Pinot Blanc on loess against Pinot Noir from the Kaiserstuhl, then the named volcanic sites waiting beyond them. The white shows fruit, acidity and texture; the red brings cherry, spice, oak and tannin. Together they make the estate’s family history, soils and current hands-on work legible in the glass.

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