Burgenland : guide des vins — cépages, appellations et producteurs · Bottlelier
- Sol
- Around the shallow, warm Neusiedlersee, autumn mists off the lake and its reed beds make botrytis (noble rot) almost an annual certainty.
- Style
- Lavish yet balanced sweet wines — Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese of apricot, honey and saffron, lifted by high acidity.
- Grands sites
- Illmitz and the Seewinkel are among the world's most reliable homes for top botrytis sweet wines.
- Millésimes
- 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022
- Producteurs
- KracherTschidaAngerhof-Tschida
Astuce · Austria's TBA rivals Sauternes for richness but often keeps more freshness.
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Kracher Beerenauslese 'Cuvée' · ~$25 (375ml)
Honeyed, apricot-rich botrytis sweet wine — a great introduction.
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Kracher Trockenbeerenauslese 'Nummer' (Nouvelle Vague) · ~$80 (375ml)
- Sol
- Limestone and schist on the Leithaberg, deep clay in 'Blaufränkischland' to the south — Austria's red-wine heartland.
- Style
- Blaufränkisch of blackberry, pepper and graphite: mineral and elegant on Leithaberg limestone, fuller and richer in the Mittelburgenland.
- Grands sites
- Single-vineyard Leithaberg Blaufränkisch is among Central Europe's finest reds.
- Millésimes
- 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022
- Producteurs
- MoricPrielerWachter-Wiesler
Astuce · Think of Blaufränkisch as Austria's answer to Syrah-meets-Nebbiolo: peppery, firm and ageworthy.
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Moric Blaufränkisch 'Burgenland' · ~$28
Peppery, fresh, mineral Blaufränkisch from a red-wine pioneer.
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Prieler Blaufränkisch 'Marienthal' · ~$60 · 2019
· 2017
Profoundly concentrated noble-sweet wine of saffron and honey.
Structured Leithaberg single-vineyard red built to age.