The wine region of Wachau is located in the region of Niederösterreich of Weinland of Austria. We currently count 156 estates and châteaux in the of Wachau, producing 1238 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Wachau go well with generally quite well with dishes .
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 Wachau go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of cornish pasties, mediterranean lamb necklace or rabbit with prunes.
