The Winery Thomas Leithner of Niederösterreich of Weinland

Winery Thomas Leithner - Zweigelt
The winery offers 17 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 1874 of the estates of Weinland.
It is located in Niederösterreich in the region of Weinland

The Winery Thomas Leithner is one of the best wineries to follow in Niederösterreich.. It offers 17 wines for sale in of Niederösterreich to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Thomas Leithner wines

Looking for the best Winery Thomas Leithner wines in Niederösterreich among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Thomas Leithner wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Thomas Leithner wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Thomas Leithner

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Thomas Leithner

How Winery Thomas Leithner wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of baked lasagna, milk-fed lamb sautéed with saffron and lemon or rabbit stew the old fashioned way.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Thomas Leithner

On the nose the red wine of Winery Thomas Leithner. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, spices. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Thomas Leithner. is a with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Thomas Leithner

  • 2012With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Thomas Leithner.

  • Zweigelt

Discovering the wine region of Niederösterreich

Niederösterreich, or Lower Austria, is a wine region in the Northeast of Austria bordering Slovakia and the Czech Republic. It is the country's largest wine region, both geographically and in terms of production. There are around 28,000 hectares (69,000 acres) of vineyards. These are responsible for roughly half of Austria's total wine output.

Niederösterreich includes eight of Austria's 16 official wine regions, each contributing to its wide variety of wine styles and types. A variety of different Grape varieties are grown in the region, but Grüner Veltliner and Riesling dominate. Pinot Noir and Sankt-Laurent, are all planted throughout the region, making wines of high quality, despite being excluded from the DAC classifications. Five official Districtus Austriae Controllatus (DAC) wines can be found here.

Wines made in these zones from grapes other than those specified are labelled as Niederösterreich. - Carnuntum: White wine from Chardonnay, Weissburgunder or Grüner Veltliner. Red wine from Blaufränkisch or Zweigelt - Kamptal, Kremstal, Traisental: White wines from Grüner Veltliner or Riesling - Weinviertel: Grüner Veltliner only The highly regarded region of Wachau also Lies within Niederösterreich, and is home to many of the country's top wine estates. It has its own classification system, carrying Steinfeder, Federspiel or Smaragd labels.

The top white wines of Winery Thomas Leithner

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Thomas Leithner

How Winery Thomas Leithner wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of pork roll with tomato sauce, zucchini and goat cheese quiche or italian gnocchi.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Thomas Leithner

On the nose the white wine of Winery Thomas Leithner. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Thomas Leithner. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Thomas Leithner

  • 2012With an average score of 3.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Thomas Leithner.

  • Grüner Veltliner
  • Riesling
  • Chardonnay
  • Neuburger
  • Roter Veltliner

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 !)

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Discover the grape variety: Riesling

White Riesling is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Riesling can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

News about Winery Thomas Leithner and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

The word of the wine: Provignage

A vine reproduction technique that consists of burying a vine shoot that takes root and reproduces a plant with the same characteristics as the vine to which it is attached.

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