The wine region of Mittelburgenland is located in the region of Burgenland of Weinland of Austria. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Gesellmann or the Domaine Gesellmann produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Mittelburgenland are Zweigelt, Merlot and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Mittelburgenland often reveals types of flavors of cherry, cream or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of cigar, floral or dried fruit.
In the mouth of Mittelburgenland is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 56 estates and châteaux in the of Mittelburgenland, producing 307 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Mittelburgenland go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or mature and hard cheese.
Intraspecific crossing between the saint laurent and the limberger realized in 1922 and in Austria by Fritz Zweigelt (1888/1964) who named it rotburger. Very well known in Austria, it can be found in most Eastern countries, Japan, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, the United States, etc. In France, it is not very well known and yet this variety has interesting qualities when vinified as a single variety for both red and rosé wines. - Synonyms: rotburger, klosterneuburger, zweigelt blau, blauer-zweigelt in Germany, zweigeltrebe in Austria, Great Britain and the Czech Republic, blauer zwelgetrabe in Hungary, etc. (for all the synonyms of the grape varieties, click here !)
red wines from the region of Mittelburgenland go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of quiche without eggs, niçoise salad or beaufort pie.
On the nose in the region of Mittelburgenland often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or blackberry and sometimes also flavors of leather, non oak or earth. In the mouth in the region of Mittelburgenland is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
