Zweigelt

**Zweigelt** is a red grape bred in Austria in 1922 by crossing St. Laurent with Blaufränkisch, and it has become the country's most widely planted red variety. **In the glass** — It offers juicy, vibrant red-cherry and berry fruit, often with a hint of spice, medium body, soft-to-moderate tannins and refreshing acidity. Its charm lies in approachable, easygoing fruitiness. **Where it grows** — It is planted across Austria's wine regions, from Burgenland to the Danube areas, making everything from light, chillable everyday reds to a smaller number of richer, oak-aged, more serious bottlings. **At the table** — A versatile food wine that partners well with roast chicken, charcuterie, schnitzel and lighter meat dishes. **Cellaring** — Most is meant for early, cheerful drinking, though ambitious, concentrated examples can hold and improve over several years.

Wines

• Amphitheatre Pinot Noir Zweigelt — Mt Bera Vineyards
• Atanasius Rot — Gut Oggau
• Blauer Zweigelt Pure — Artisan Wines
• Cuvée 3-5-8 — Weingut Salzl
• Domäne Gobelsburg Rosé — Schloss Gobelsburg
• Fêté Rosé — Lenz Moser
• Hauswein 001 — Claus Preisinger
• Maskerade Rosé — Gut Oggau
• Naumburger Sonneck Blauer Zweigelt Trocken — Weingut Schulze
• Perfect Day — Pittnauer
• Puszta Libre! — Claus Preisinger
• Querschnitt Rotburger — Weingut Kolfok
• Reserve Blauer Zweigelt — Dolle
• Ried Kirchweingarten Zweigelt — Markowitsch
• Rotmilan — Sepp Moser
• Rubin Carnuntum Zweigelt — Markowitsch
• Sacris — Weingut Salzl
• Unplugged Zweigelt — Hannes Reeh
• Winifred Rosé — Gut Oggau
• Zweigelt — Assigal