Winemaker
Kurt Rottensteiner
- Discipline
- Winemaker
- Based in
- Neumarkt, Italy
i. Biography
Kurt Rottensteiner’s work at Brunnenhof Mazzon in Neumarkt is built on patience, vitality, and a plainspoken cellar ethic that leaves little room for ornament. His own formulation is concise: "Five hectares, respect for nature, and no hocus pocus." As a working principle, it favors clarity over effect and lets the wine stand on what it is rather than on what has been added around it. At Brunnenhof Mazzon in Neumarkt, the vineyard is where that method starts. For Rottensteiner, liveliness is not a loose ideal but the base condition for everything that follows. He returns to the same point in different words: the vines have to stay vigorous, full of energy, and fully themselves. What is encouraged outside the cellar, in his view, is what later shows up in the glass as depth, presence, and completeness. The pace is deliberate, and the restraint is part of the style. In the cellar, that restraint stays in place. Rottensteiner does not look for wood to dominate the wine’s expression. The preference is for a style that keeps the wine’s own structure and character at the fore, with its natural tannins and fruit left to carry. That produces a transparent result: the wine should read as itself, not as the trace of a technique. The position is practical, but it is also exacting, and it starts with respect for what the vineyard has already given.
At a Glance - Role: winemaker. - Place: Brunnenhof Mazzon, Neumarkt. - Vineyard principle: "Our vineyards need to stay lively. The more vitality and fullness in the vineyards, the more will later on be in the wine." - Cellar preference: "We don’t want the tannin and the vanilla flavor of wood, but rather more of the wine’s own tannins and its own fruit."
Signature
Kurt's signature wines include Pinot Nero Riserva, Pinot Noir Johann 2023, and Lagrein Al Mulino Vecchio 2021. Read together, they sit within the same disciplined frame: wines rooted in site, guided by restraint, and shaped to preserve identity rather than amplify technique.
In Their Words “Our vineyards need to stay lively. The more vitality and fullness in the vineyards, the more will later on be in the wine.” “We don’t want the tannin and the vanilla flavor of wood, but rather more of the wine’s own tannins and its own fruit.”
FAQ What is Kurt Rottensteiner known for? He is known for making wine with an emphasis on lively vineyards and fruit-led character rather than wood-driven tannin or vanilla. Where does Kurt Rottensteiner work? He works at Brunnenhof Mazzon in Neumarkt. Who is Kurt Rottensteiner? Kurt Rottensteiner is a winemaker whose stated approach centers on nature, vineyard fullness, and direct cellar restraint.
