Winery WeningerFranz
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Zweigelt and the Merlot.
This wine generally goes well with blue cheese, pork or beef.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Franz of Winery Weninger in the region of Weinland often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Franz
Pairings that work perfectly with Franz
Original food and wine pairings with Franz
The Franz of Winery Weninger matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of adapted vietnamese fondue, leg of lamb with baked potatoes or suckling pig leg in the oven.
Details and technical informations about Winery Weninger's Franz.
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 Franz from Winery Weninger are 2011, 2012, 0, 2013 and 2014.
Informations about the Winery Weninger
The Winery Weninger is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 74 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: Tastevin
Metal cup, wide and of low height, being used to mirror and taste the wine. Still used in wine brotherhoods for its emblematic and folkloric character, the tastevin has been replaced by the various tasting glasses.
