Winery Franz Hirtzberger - Rotes Tor - Grüner Veltliner Smaragd

Winery Franz HirtzbergerRotes Tor - Grüner Veltliner Smaragd

4.2
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Rotes Tor - Grüner Veltliner Smaragd of Winery Franz Hirtzberger is a white wine from the region of Wachau of Weinland.
In the mouth this white wine is a with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or poultry.
The Rotes Tor - Grüner Veltliner Smaragd of the Winery Franz Hirtzberger is in the top 50 of wines of Austria and in the top 20 of wines of Wachau.

Taste structure of the Rotes Tor - Grüner Veltliner Smaragd from the Winery Franz Hirtzberger

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Rotes Tor - Grüner Veltliner Smaragd of Winery Franz Hirtzberger in the region of Weinland is a with a nice freshness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with earth taste

honey, iron

Wine with microbio taste

cream, oil

Wine with oak taste

butter, caramel

Wine with spices taste

white pepper

Wine with vegetal taste

straw, hay

Wine with floral taste

honeysuckle

On the nose the Rotes Tor - Grüner Veltliner Smaragd of Winery Franz Hirtzberger in the region of Weinland often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, lemon zest or honeydew melon and sometimes also flavors of yellow apple, dried fruit or citrus fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Franz Hirtzberger's Rotes Tor - Grüner Veltliner Smaragd.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
13°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Divico

Interspecific cross between gamaret and bronner obtained in 1997 by Jean-Laurent Spring at the Agroscope Research Station in Pully (Switzerland). It should be noted that the divona is issued from the same cross.

Last vintages of this wine

Rotes Tor - Grüner Veltliner Smaragd - 2019
In the top 20 of of Wachau wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Rotes Tor - Grüner Veltliner Smaragd - 2018
In the top 20 of of Wachau wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Rotes Tor - Grüner Veltliner Smaragd - 2017
In the top 20 of of Wachau wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Rotes Tor - Grüner Veltliner Smaragd - 2016
In the top 20 of of Wachau wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Rotes Tor - Grüner Veltliner Smaragd - 2015
In the top 20 of of Wachau wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Rotes Tor - Grüner Veltliner Smaragd - 2014
In the top 20 of of Wachau wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Rotes Tor - Grüner Veltliner Smaragd - 2013
In the top 20 of of Wachau wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5

The best vintages of Rotes Tor - Grüner Veltliner Smaragd from Winery Franz Hirtzberger are 2013, 2010, 2019, 2017 and 2015.

Informations about the Winery Franz Hirtzberger

The winery offers 28 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Wachau in the region of Weinland

The Winery Franz Hirtzberger is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 22 wines for sale in the of Wachau to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Weinland
In the top 60 of of Austria wines
In the top 25 of of Wachau wines
In the top 1500 of white wines
In the top 8000 wines of the world

The wine region of Wachau

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 .


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.

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The word of the wine: Primary (aromas)

Aromas characteristic of each grape variety, essentially fruity and floral.

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