Winery WellanschitzSonnensteig
Red wine
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or pasta.
Taste structure of the Sonnensteig from the Winery Wellanschitz
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Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Sonnensteig of Winery Wellanschitz in the region of Weinland is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Sonnensteig of Winery Wellanschitz in the region of Weinland often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Sonnensteig
Pairings that work perfectly with Sonnensteig
Original food and wine pairings with Sonnensteig
The Sonnensteig of Winery Wellanschitz matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or poultry such as recipes of hungarian goulash, cannelloni with brocciu from jeanne or pumpkin and bacon pie.
Details and technical informations about Winery Wellanschitz's Sonnensteig.
Discover the grape variety: Chenin
Chenin, also known as pinot de la Loire Valley (pineau), is the flagship grape variety of the Loire Valley. It would have found its first origins in Anjou where it would have been cultivated by the monks of the Abbey of Saint-Maur located between Angers and Saumur since the 6th century. chenin is a great white grape variety which likes particularly the chalky soils called here stones of tufa which were used for the construction of the castles of the Loire Valley. Its bunches are medium-sized, fairly compact and its berries are more or less small. It is an early variety, which resists well to diseases. Chenin has the particularity of being able to participate as well in the elaboration of dry white wines as of sweet white wines or sparkling wines. Perfectly structured by the acidity, elegant, with a complex nose and aromas of yellow fruits, dry fruits, citrus fruits, white flowers, honey... the wine resulting from the chenin is rather lively and nervous, which allows him a good potential of guard. Chenin covers about 10,000 hectares in France, and is very productive in South Africa where it covers more than 26,000 hectares.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Sonnensteig from Winery Wellanschitz are 2009, 2011, 0
Informations about the Winery Wellanschitz
The Winery Wellanschitz is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 29 wines for sale in the of Burgenland to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Burgenland
Burgenland is a large wine-producing region on the eastern border of Austria. Despite the country's image as the producer of some of the world's finest white wines, Austria is also home to a thriving red wine culture: Burgenland, with its sunny, continental summers, is the country's key red wine region, with its wines based mainly on the Blaufränkisch and Zweigelt grape varieties. Sweet, botrytized wines are also a specialty of the region, particularly in the Terroir surrounding the Neusiedlersee lake. The region occupies a narrow strip of land that runs from the Danube River down to Steiermark in the South.
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: Ice wine
Sweet wine obtained by pressing frozen berries harvested in the middle of winter.
