The wine region of Carnuntum is located in the region of Niederösterreich of Weinland of Austria. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Markowitsch or the Domaine Weingut Artner produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Carnuntum are Zweigelt, Merlot and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Carnuntum often reveals types of flavors of pepper, tropical fruit or citrus and sometimes also flavors of apples, peach or butter.
In the mouth of Carnuntum is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 44 estates and châteaux in the of Carnuntum, producing 378 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Carnuntum go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork.
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 !)
wines from the region of Carnuntum go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of monkfish with vegetable tagliatelle, lamb kleftiko (greek) or sarthe pot.
On the nose in the region of Carnuntum often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit. In the mouth in the region of Carnuntum is a with a nice freshness.
