Tasting
Luscious purple, dark violet with a dense core and marked violet rim. Expressive nose of cherries and lilac. Very precise Zweigelt fruit with aromas of licorice and white pepper. Dry, intensive fruit expression, dark-spicy and charmingly juicy, wonderful cherry fruit. Animating, lively crisp, proudly mirrors the „Blaufränkisch-soil“ of its vineyard.
Pairing
Amatriciana with fried dices of salami, ham specialties face gnocchi with home-made walnut pesto, Austrian beef cuisine, seared chanterelles, gratinated tomatoes with herbs, pasta all´arrabbiata, tomato risotto with mozzarella, bar snacks such as fried dumplings of dried fish, salted pistachios, fresh farm bread with plum-olive-schmalz, crispy duck. To show those not at home with wines from Burgenland what we mean by fruitiness.
Making
Harvested mid of September 2016. Selective hand picking into small boxes from the vineyards Bandkräftn and Gertberg.
Destemming, mash fermentation in closed stainless steel tanks at a temperature of maximum 30 °C (88 °F) for 7 days, followed by 2 additional days of maceration, gentle pressing, malolactic fermentation and maturation in stainless steel tanks followed by maturation in large, used oak casks.
