Thomas Schwarz
Above Lake Neusiedl on the Leithaberg near Purbach, Thomas Schwarz pursues a simple ambition: to become almost unnecessary. Since taking over the family estate in 2005, farming has been organic, built on living soils rather than synthetic shortcuts.
In the cellar the signature is restraint—spontaneous ferments, no cultured yeasts, no barrique. Maturation in large casks lets texture settle without cosmetic oak, while a stone cellar dug some 300 years ago provides natural cool and steady rhythm.
For freedom of expression, he has even released his top bottlings as Landwein since 2016, letting the vineyard speak louder than category. Vines root into Paratethys shell-limestone, and in sites such as Eisner, Glauberinzer and Thenau some parcels reach 60-year-old plantings. The result is Leithaberg precision: taut structure, mineral line and a clarity that feels carved rather than engineered.Thomas Schwarz
Above Lake Neusiedl on the Leithaberg near Purbach, Thomas Schwarz pursues a simple ambition: to become almost unnecessary. Since taking over the family estate in 2005, farming has been organic, built on living soils rather than synthetic shortcuts.
In the cellar the signature is restraint—spontaneous ferments, no cultured yeasts, no barrique. Maturation in large casks lets texture settle without cosmetic oak, while a stone cellar dug some 300 years ago provides natural cool and steady rhythm.
For freedom of expression, he has even released his top bottlings as Landwein since 2016, letting the vineyard speak louder than category. Vines root into Paratethys shell-limestone, and in sites such as Eisner, Glauberinzer and Thenau some parcels reach 60-year-old plantings. The result is Leithaberg precision: taut structure, mineral line and a clarity that feels carved rather than engineered.
