Winery GesellmannOpus Eximium
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Zweigelt, the St. Laurent and the Blaufränkisch.
This wine generally goes well with blue cheese, pork or poultry.
The Opus Eximium of the Winery Gesellmann is in the top 20 of wines of Mittelburgenland.
Food and wine pairings with Opus Eximium
Pairings that work perfectly with Opus Eximium
Original food and wine pairings with Opus Eximium
The Opus Eximium of Winery Gesellmann matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or poultry such as recipes of polish goulash, veal shank with mushrooms or nanie's diced ham quiche.
Details and technical informations about Winery Gesellmann's Opus Eximium.
Discover the grape 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 !)
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Opus Eximium from Winery Gesellmann are 2021, 2019, 2015, 2008 and 2006.
Informations about the Winery Gesellmann
The Winery Gesellmann is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 20 wines for sale in the of Mittelburgenland to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Mittelburgenland
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.
The wine region of Weinland
Weinviertel DAC – whose name translates as "wine quarter" – is an appellation in Niederösterreich (Lower Austria). It is by far the largest Districtus Austriae Controllatus wine region in Austria. It was also the first Austrian wine region to be given that title, in 2002, with a DAC Reserve designation added in 2009. The designation applies only to white wines from the Grüner Veltliner Grape variety.
The word of the wine: Venaison (taste of)
Wine aromas reminiscent of game (fur, leather, hare's belly).
