Wines made from Zweigelt grapes

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More informations about the variety Zweigelt

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 !)

What are the typical flavors of the Zweigelt grape variety?

OakPresent in 92% of Zweigelt
Red fruitPresent in 86% of Zweigelt
Non oakPresent in 84% of Zweigelt
EarthPresent in 83% of Zweigelt
Black fruitPresent in 83% of Zweigelt
SpicesPresent in 78% of Zweigelt
MicrobioPresent in 47% of Zweigelt
Citrus fruitPresent in 28% of Zweigelt
Dried fruitPresent in 26% of Zweigelt
FloralPresent in 24% of Zweigelt

Tree fruitPresent in 21% of Zweigelt
CherryPresent in 18% of Zweigelt
VegetalPresent in 18% of Zweigelt
BlackberryPresent in 15% of Zweigelt
OakyPresent in 15% of Zweigelt
LeatherPresent in 14% of Zweigelt
SmokePresent in 14% of Zweigelt
PlumPresent in 12% of Zweigelt
EarthyPresent in 11% of Zweigelt
Red fruitPresent in 11% of Zweigelt

News about the grape variety Zweigelt

Austria’s Wagram region granted DAC status

With the signing off by the Austrian minister of agriculture, sustainability and tourism, Elisabeth Köstinger, Wagram becomes Austria’s seventeenth DAC (Districtus Austriae Controllatus), following Wachau and Ruster Ausbruch in 2020, and Carnutum in October 2019. ‘This was not an easy nut for the winemakers of the Wagram region to crack,’ said Chris Yorke, CEO of the Austrian wine marketing board, Austrian Wine, ‘but after comprehensive discussions and much thought, the Wagram ...

Decanter magazine latest issue: November 2022

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Wine lover: The climate needs you!

Kimberly Nicholas PhD (@KA_Nicholas) is a sustainability scientist at Lund University, and author of Under the Sky We Make: How to Be Human in a Warming World Our 2020 research found that how fast we succeed at stopping warming will determine how much of the wine-growing regions and their characteristic varieties we love will remain in our lifetimes. Changing to warmer-climate varieties can help limit losses, but there are limits to adaptation. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. ...