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750ml
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$119.49
Plenty of blackberry and licorice aromas are married to excellent ripeness on the palate. However, this impressive...
750ml
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$17.94
12 bottles:
$17.58
Elegance, drinkability and fruit are the focus while tannin, power and spice remain satisfied in supporting roles....
750ml
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$18.00
12 bottles:
$17.10
Elegance, drinkability and fruit are the focus while tannin, power and spice remain satisfied in supporting roles....
750ml
Bottle:
$154.94
Released only now, Georg Prieler’s 2013 Blaufränkisch Ried Marienthal Oggau am Neusiedlersee displays a dark and...
750ml
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$110.94
Ripe blackberry fruit is married to some chocolate and coffee. Quite an imposing tannin structure, but nothing is...
750ml - Case of 12
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$23.94
This Blaufränkisch is bursting with strength: after 12 months in wood, it shows ripe cherry fruit, dark berry jam...
750ml - Case of 12
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$19.11
Cool aromas of blueberry and flint on the nose with ample and juicy fruit on the palate. Silky and lush in texture...
750ml - Case of 12
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$34.10
Rich and intriguing, this is in an almost sleepy stage at the moment. With some air, this unwraps many different...
750ml - Case of 12
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$12.90
Dark ruby with a violet rim, with notes of strawberries and wild berries. The palate has well-integrated tannins with...
750ml
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$20.40
12 bottles:
$19.99
The winery named this Blaufränkisch after family fathers Béla Wachter and Jóska Wiesler; the fruit is from each...
750ml
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$30.00
12 bottles:
$29.40
Wachter-Wiesler began bottling two village-level wines, offering a middle ground between the Bela-Joska which gives a...
750ml
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$48.60
12 bottles:
$47.63
A very special single vineyard of 50-year-old vines with a sandy clay top soil and sand and gravel in the subsoil....
750ml
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$42.94
12 bottles:
$42.08
The darkest forest berries and the best licorice meet in this deep, rooty blaufrankisch that is spectacularly...
750ml
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$20.94
12 bottles:
$20.52
Glazter’s vineyards are predominately South-facing and are all around the village of Göttlesbrunn, where the...
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Moric Blaufrankisch Reserve 2020
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$51.95
Focused and sleek, with aromas ranging from sour cherry to savory and candied orange. Quite compact structure, but...
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Silvia Heinrich Alte Reben Blaufrankisch 2011
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$111.45
Inky ruby. Rich bouquet offers black cherry, orange zest and sage. Concentrated and firm, showng more depth than the...
Blaufrankisch Lambrusco Tannat Austria
Some grape species are distinct and unique varietals, clearly separate from each of their cousins. Others, like Lambrusco and Muscat, are more like umbrella terms, featuring several subspecies which show slight differences from each other from region to region. Indeed, there are astonishingly more than 60 identified varieties of Lambrusco vines, and they are almost all used in the production of characterful Italian sparkling wines. They are distinguishable by their deep ruby blush, caused by strong pigments present in their skins, and their intensely perfumed character.
Lambrusco vines are grown in several Italian regions, although we most closely associate this varietal with Piedmont and Basilicata. It has also been grown successfully in Argentina and Australia. The varietal suffered from a fairly lowly reputation in the late 20th century, due to bulk, low cost production of Lambrusco sparkling wines, aimed at markets across northern Europe and America. However, things are rapidly changing, and the older, more traditional methods of bottle fermentation are returning, along with a higher level of quality and expression, as consumers become more discerning and demanding. Many of the Lambrusco sub-varieties have their own established DOC, such as Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce, Lambrusco di Sorbara and Modena, where new regulations are keeping standards high and methods traditional.
Archaeological evidence suggests that grapevines have been grown and cultivated in what is today modern Austria for over four thousand years, making it one of the oldest wine producing countries in the world. Over the centuries, relatively little has changed in Austrian wine, with the dominant grape varietals continuing to be Grüner Veltliner, Zweigelt, Pinot Noir and others. Austria is renowned for producing excellent and characterful dry white wines, although in the eastern part of the country, many wineries specialist in sweeter white wines made in a similar style to those of neighboring Hungary. Today, Austria has over fifty thousand hectares under vine, split over four key wine regions. The domestic wine industry remains strong, with Austrians drinking their local produce outside in the summer, and people around the world are beginning to once more rediscover this fascinating and ancient wine culture.