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Zweigelt, Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Zweigelt and Sauvignon Blanc from high-altitude plots next to a...
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Zweigelt and Cabernet Sauvignon. Zweigelt is grown on very cold vineyard site called Tanzer in Langenlois, primarily...
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Müller Thurgau, Grüner Veltliner, and skins of Sauvignon Blanc. Grown in Merschein and Loiserberg, cold, late...
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Welschriesling and Riesling from clay and crystalline topsoil. Welschriesling is whole bunch pressed, Riesling grapes...
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Here’s a decadent bubbly, as rich and layered as a croissant, with a similar balance of toasty, nutty notes and...
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Here’s a decadent bubbly, as rich and layered as a croissant, with a similar balance of toasty, nutty notes and...
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The SCHLOSS GOBELSBURG VINTAGE is only produced in special years. The bottles remain on the lees for at least 10...
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The fine elegance of the Schloss Gobelsburg BRUT ROSÉ is a mirror of its originating charming landscape. The soft...
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Szigeti seeks to produce wines in a fresh style with clear varietal expression. Gustav Klimt Adele Blanc de Blancs...
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The nose is shy, showing just a few herbal hints reminiscent of yarrow. Frothy bubbles, however, pronounce the...
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Yeast, lemon and tart red berry on the nose promise freshness and body in equal measure. The palate adds to the...
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This Rosé Pet Nat reminds me on strawberries, rhubarb - especially on fresh, red fruits. This sparkling wine makes...
Grenache Champagne Blend Pelaverga Austria
The Grenache grape holds the honor of being the most widely planted wine grape varietal on earth. It has a long and impressive history, and has been the backbone of the some of the planet’s most respected and famed wine regions, blended with Syrah in regions such as Chateauneuf du Pape, and in certain other Loire and Languedoc regions where it reigns supreme as a single varietal wine grape. In other key areas, such as Spain’s La Rioja (where it is known as Garnacha Tinta), it is blended with Tempranillo to make that country’s signature red wine, and is widely used as a blending grape in other old and new world countries, due to its unique character and jammy, fruit forward character.
For a long time, the Grenache grape was somewhat looked down upon as an ignoble varietal, incapable of producing wines of any particular interest. However, times are very much changing - in the right hands, Grenache grapes result in astonishingly intense and complex wines, full of fascinating features, and capable of achieving plenty of expression. For a while now, Grenache has been a major player in Australian wines. While not yet quite as extensively planted down under as Shiraz is, the Barossa Valley is bringing out some of the finest examples of this grape’s wines in recent years.
The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn't unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as 'blanc de blanc', meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or 'blanc de noir', which is made solely with Pinot Noir.
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.