AUSTRIA–Burgenland
BURGENLAND IS: @
- WEIS= Welschriesling, Muscat Ottonel, Bouvier, Pinot Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, Furmit, Riesling, Chardonnay, Grunner Veltliner
- ROT= Blaufrankisch, St. Laurent, Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir
GEOGRAPHY– Austria(East), LATITUDE: 47.1* ‘N’
- BORDERS: Hungary(East), Neiderosterreich(North), Steiermark(South)
TOPOGRAPHY– “Rolling/ Hilly”, Along Southern Alpine Region
- On~Lake~Neusiedlersee~(Near)
SOILS= “Metamorphic”, ”Sedimentary”, Limestone
CLIMATE= “Continental”, Summers– Hot, Humid | Winters– Cold
VITICULTURE– 32,000 ha.
HISTORY–
- After the Phylloxera Infestation of 1860’s, French-American Hybrid Were Planted to Remedy the Problem. By the Early 1900‘s Grafting Onto American Root-Stock Was Discovered and Solved the Issue. By This Time Austrian Had Acquired the Taste For These Hybrids and to This Day a Small Amount of Wine is Produced and Enjoyed by Austria and a Place In Its Wine Culture Remains.
CULTURE– Neiderosterreich & Burgenland is Ofter Refered to as “Weinland Osterreich”
- GASTRONOMY… | CHEESE…
NEUSIEDLERSEE DAC. @Nevsiedl
- WEIS= Welschriesling, Chardonnay, Furmit
- ROT= St. Laurent, Blaufrankisch, Zweigelt
- GEOGRAPHY– Austria(East), Burgenland(North)
- CITIES: Rust, Illmitz
- BORDERS: Slovakia(East), Leithaberg DAC.(West)
- TOPOGRAPHY– “Flat/ Rolling”, On~Lake~Neusiedlersee~(East)
- VITICULTURE– 8,300 ha.
- –Estate/ Producer– Kracher, Moric(Nat.Pro.), Michlits, Umathum, Velich, Willi Opitz
LEITHABERG DAC. @Rust
- WEIS= Welschriesling, Chardonnay, Furmit
- ROT= Cabernet Franc
- GEOGRAPHY– Austria(East), Burgenland(North)
- BORDERS: Neusiedlersee DAC.(East), Mitterburgenland DAC.(South)
- TOPOGRAPHY– “Flat/ Rolling”, On~Lake~Neusiedlersee~(West)
- SOILS= “Metamorphic”, ”Sedimentary”, Limestone, Schist
- VITICULTURE– 3,900 ha.
- VINICULTURE– Botrytis– Humid Moisture From Wide/ Shallow Neusiedlesee Lake Induces Botrytis
- WEIS= Welschriesling, Muscat Ottonel, Bouvier
- –Estate/ Producer– AltenburgerEsterhazy, Feiler-Artinger, Gernot and Heike Heinrich, Koll-Wentz, Prieler, Schuster, Triebaumers, Umathum
- CULTURE– Leithaberg AKA=Neusiedlesee-Hugelland
MITTELBURGENLAND DAC. @Oberpullendorf
- WEIS= ?
- ROT= Cabernet Franc, Blaufrankisch, Merlot, Zweigelt
- GEOGRAPHY– Austria(East), Burgenland(Central)
- CITIES: Deutschkreuz, Horhchon
- TOPOGRAPHY– “Flat/ Rolling”
- VITICULTURE– 1,800 ha.
- –Estate/ Producer– Gesellmann, Heinrich, Igler, Kerschbaum, Wellanschitz
EISENBERG DAC. @Eisenstadt
- WEIS= ?
- ROT= Blaufrankisch
- GEOGRAPHY– Austria(East), Burgenland(South)
- BORDERS: Hungary(East), Steiermark(East), Mittelburgenland DAC.(North-East)
- TOPOGRAPHY– “Rolling”, On~Pinka~River~
- SOILS= “Metamorphic”, ”Sedimentary”, Iron
- VITICULTURE– 450 ha.
- VINICULTURE– –Uhoudler– Bitter Rose Wine Produced From Hybrid Grapes…
- ROT= Concord, Isabella, Elvira, Clinton, Ripadella, Noah
- –Estate/ Producer– Krutzer, Uwe Schiefer, Wachter-Wiesler
- CULTURE– Eisenberg AKA=Sudbergenland
ROSALIA DAC. @
- WEIS= ?
- ROT= Blaufrankisch, Zweigelt
- GEOGRAPHY– Austria(East), Burgenland, DISTRICT-Mattersburg
- TOPOGRAPHY– “Rolling”, On~Wulka~River~
- SLOPES/ Leitha Range/ Rosaliengebirge(Rosalia Mountains), +Alt.750 mt.
- SOILS= “Metamorphic’, Brow-Earth, Loess
- VITICULTURE– 297 ha.
- VINICULTURE– Red(+Abv.12%), Reserve(+Abv.13%), Rose(Dry)
- –Estate/ Producer–
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