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Red
750ml
Bottle: $119.49
Plenty of blackberry and licorice aromas are married to excellent ripeness on the palate. However, this impressive...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.94
12 bottles: $17.58
Elegance, drinkability and fruit are the focus while tannin, power and spice remain satisfied in supporting roles....
Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.00
12 bottles: $17.10
Elegance, drinkability and fruit are the focus while tannin, power and spice remain satisfied in supporting roles....
Red
750ml
Bottle: $154.94
Released only now, Georg Prieler’s 2013 Blaufränkisch Ried Marienthal Oggau am Neusiedlersee displays a dark and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $110.94
Ripe blackberry fruit is married to some chocolate and coffee. Quite an imposing tannin structure, but nothing is...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $23.94
This Blaufränkisch is bursting with strength: after 12 months in wood, it shows ripe cherry fruit, dark berry jam...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $19.11
Cool aromas of blueberry and flint on the nose with ample and juicy fruit on the palate. Silky and lush in texture...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $34.10
Rich and intriguing, this is in an almost sleepy stage at the moment. With some air, this unwraps many different...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $12.90
Dark ruby with a violet rim, with notes of strawberries and wild berries. The palate has well-integrated tannins with...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $20.40
12 bottles: $19.99
The winery named this Blaufränkisch after family fathers Béla Wachter and Jóska Wiesler; the fruit is from each...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $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...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $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....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $42.94
12 bottles: $42.08
The darkest forest berries and the best licorice meet in this deep, rooty blaufrankisch that is spectacularly...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $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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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $88.32
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $136.06
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Red
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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Red
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...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $84.37

Blaufrankisch Moscato Mencia Zinfandel Austria

The precise origins of what became known as the Zinfandel grape variety are uncertain, although it has clear genetic equivalents in both Puglia and Croatia. However, when it was brought to the New World in the mid 19th century, it became known as the Zinfandel, and has been consistently popular and widely grown ever since. These very dark and very round grapes have a remarkably high sugar content, resulting in relatively high levels of alcohol in the wines they are made into, with bottles often displaying as much as fifteen percent. What makes the Zinfandel such an interesting grape, though, is the fact that the flavors produced by this varietal vary considerably depending on the climate they are grown in. In cooler valley regions, the Zinfandel grapes result in wines which hold strong flavors of tart and sweet fruits; raspberry, redcurrant and sweet cherry, held in a very smooth and silky liquid. Conversely, warmer regions result in more complex and spicy notes, including anise, pepper and hedgerow berries.

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.