Do we ship to you?.
750ml
Bottle:
$119.49
Plenty of blackberry and licorice aromas are married to excellent ripeness on the palate. However, this impressive...
750ml
Bottle:
$17.94
12 bottles:
$17.58
Elegance, drinkability and fruit are the focus while tannin, power and spice remain satisfied in supporting roles....
750ml
Bottle:
$18.00
12 bottles:
$17.10
Elegance, drinkability and fruit are the focus while tannin, power and spice remain satisfied in supporting roles....
750ml
Bottle:
$154.94
Released only now, Georg Prieler’s 2013 Blaufränkisch Ried Marienthal Oggau am Neusiedlersee displays a dark and...
750ml
Bottle:
$110.94
Ripe blackberry fruit is married to some chocolate and coffee. Quite an imposing tannin structure, but nothing is...
750ml
Bottle:
$24.00
12 bottles:
$23.52
"Kalk & Kreide" is the flagship of the Tement winery. It's 100% Sauvignon Blanc, mainly grown on coralline limestone...
750ml
Bottle:
$27.95
12 bottles:
$27.39
Ehrenhausen is one of the main villages where Tement has vineyards. The vineyards in Ehrenhausen are characterized by...
750ml
Bottle:
$37.80
$42.00
The single-vineyard Grassnitzberg was the first vineyard owned by the Tement family and was planted in the early...
750ml
Bottle:
$72.00
12 bottles:
$67.26
This wine is produced from eight parcels of the original steep and south-facing cru, which is open to the wind, and...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$19.11
Cool aromas of blueberry and flint on the nose with ample and juicy fruit on the palate. Silky and lush in texture...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$34.10
Rich and intriguing, this is in an almost sleepy stage at the moment. With some air, this unwraps many different...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$12.90
Dark ruby with a violet rim, with notes of strawberries and wild berries. The palate has well-integrated tannins with...
750ml
Bottle:
$19.20
12 bottles:
$17.10
There is a gamey quality to this red, which adds character, underscoring the flavors of bluberry, rhubarb and spice....
750ml
Bottle:
$20.40
12 bottles:
$19.99
The winery named this Blaufränkisch after family fathers Béla Wachter and Jóska Wiesler; the fruit is from each...
750ml
Bottle:
$30.00
12 bottles:
$29.40
Wachter-Wiesler began bottling two village-level wines, offering a middle ground between the Bela-Joska which gives a...
750ml
Bottle:
$48.60
12 bottles:
$47.63
A very special single vineyard of 50-year-old vines with a sandy clay top soil and sand and gravel in the subsoil....
750ml
Bottle:
$42.94
12 bottles:
$42.08
The darkest forest berries and the best licorice meet in this deep, rooty blaufrankisch that is spectacularly...
750ml
Bottle:
$20.94
12 bottles:
$20.52
Glazter’s vineyards are predominately South-facing and are all around the village of Göttlesbrunn, where the...
Blaufrankisch Ice Wine Sauvignon Blanc Austria
The green skinned grapes of the Sauvignon Blanc varietal had their origins in Southern France, where they are still widely grown and used for many of the excellent young and aged white wines the region is famous for. Today, however, they are grown in almost every wine producing country in the world, and are widely revered for their fresh and grassy flavors, full of tropical notes and refreshing, zesty character. Sauvignon Blanc grapes thrive best in moderate climates, and ripen relatively early in the year. This has made them a favorite for many wineries in the New World, where they can still produce healthy and high yields in the earlier part of the summer before the temperatures become too hot. Too much heat has a massively adverse effect on Sauvignon Blanc, as the grapes become dull in their flavor, and the wine produced from them loses all its unique character and high points. As such, Sauvignon Blanc farmers have had a lot of trouble from global warming and climate change, as they are being forced to harvest their crops increasingly earlier in the year when it is cool enough to do so.
Archaeological evidence suggests that grapevines have been grown and cultivated in what is today modern Austria for over four thousand years, making it one of the oldest wine producing countries in the world. Over the centuries, relatively little has changed in Austrian wine, with the dominant grape varietals continuing to be Grüner Veltliner, Zweigelt, Pinot Noir and others. Austria is renowned for producing excellent and characterful dry white wines, although in the eastern part of the country, many wineries specialist in sweeter white wines made in a similar style to those of neighboring Hungary. Today, Austria has over fifty thousand hectares under vine, split over four key wine regions. The domestic wine industry remains strong, with Austrians drinking their local produce outside in the summer, and people around the world are beginning to once more rediscover this fascinating and ancient wine culture.