Austria Burgenland

Question 1

Burgenland

5 DACs

Answer 1

• Neusiedlersee DAC
• Leithaberg DAC - 1st DAC for red and white / blends or single GV, Char, Neub, Weissb / 85% Blfksch + Zweigelt, St. Laurent, Pinot Noir
• Rosalia DAC - red, rosé, Blfksch, Zweigelt
• Eisenberg DAC - red, Blfksch
• Mittelburgenland DAC - red, Blfksch, classic - March 1, used/large barrique, min alc 12.5%, reserve - 1 year age, 13%,Neusiedlersee-Hügelland and Südburgenland are no longer considered winegrowing regions as of 2016.

Question 2

Burgenland

Vineyard area

Answer 2

13,840 ha

• Neusiedlersee DAC 7,649 ha
• Leithaberg DAC 2,576 ha
• Mittelburgenland DAC 2,117 ha
• Eisenberg DAC 498 ha

Question 3

Neusiedlersee DAC

• Styles
• Grapes

Answer 3

Neusiedlersee DAC 2011 (Reserve from 2010)

• Classic: majority Zweigelt
• Reserve: min 60% Zweigelt + Blaufränkisch, St. Laurent, Pinot Noir

Question 4

Neusiedlersee

Main grapes in the region

Answer 4

• Zweigelt
• Welschriesling (sweet)

Question 5

Neusiedlersee DAC

Leading Viticultural Towns

N to S

Answer 5

• Gols
• Mönchoff
• Halbturn
• Podersorf
• Frauenkirchen
• Illmitz
• Apelton
• Andau

Question 6

Alongside Welschriesling, Neusiedlersee’s other leading white varieties

Answer 6

• Pinot Blanc
• Chardonnay
• and aromatic varieties

Question 7

Leithaberg DAC

• Styles
• Grapes

Answer 7

Leithaberg DAC

• White: Grüner Veltliner, Neuburger, Chardonnay, Weissburgunder (blends or varietal wines)
• Red: Blaufränkisch, + max. 15% comb Pinot Noir, St. Laurent, Zweigelt

Question 8

1st DAC to allow both red and white wines

Answer 8

Leithaberg

• 2009, White - blends or single GV, Char, Neuburger, Weissburgunder
• 2008, Red - min 85% Blaufränkisch

Question 9

Leithaberg

Year est as DAC for white wine

Answer 9

2009

• 1st DAC for both red and white wine (red - 2008)

Question 10

Leithaberg DAC

White wines

Answer 10

• Grüner Veltliner
• Neuburger
• Chardonnay
• Pinot Balnc/Weißburgunder

(red - min 85% Blaufränkisch, max 15% St. Laurent, Zweigelt, Pinot Noir)

Question 11

Leithaberg DAC

Leading Viticultural Towns

Answer 11

• Leithaberg DAC
  
  • Jois
  • Winden
• Leithaberg DAC / Neusiedlersee-Hügelland (No longer recognized 2016)
  
  • Purbach
  • Donnerskirchen
  • Schützen
  • Oggau
• Neusiedlersee-Hügelland
  
  • Rust

Question 12

Mittelburgenland DAC

Grape

Answer 12

100% Blaüfrankisch

Question 13

Mittelburgenland (2,100 ha)

Leading Viticultural Towns

Answer 13

• Neckenmarkt
• Horitschon
• Deutshkreutz
• Lutzmannsburg

Question 14

Mittelburgenland

3 geological features that protect the vineyards

Answer 14

• West - Buckligen Welt
• North - Sopron Mountains
• South - Koszeg Mountains

Question 15

Eisenberg DAC

(2009, Reserve 2008)

Grape

Answer 15

Zesty Blaufränkisch

Question 16

Eisenberg DAC

(Reserve 2008, Klassick 2009)

Leading Viticultural Towns

N to S

Answer 16

• Rechnitz - Welsch Riesling, Weißburgunder
• Eisenberg
• Deutsch Schützen - center point, dense iron soils
• Moschendorf - Welsch Riesling, Weißburgunder

Question 17

Home of Alois Kracher’s estate

Answer 17

Illmitz

• Village in Neusiedlersee

Question 18

Town famous for the production of Ausbruch

Answer 18

Rust (Neusiedlersee-Hügelland)

Ausbuch

• Trad sweet wine dating to 17th cent
• Harvest at min 27 KMW (appx 138 Ochsle)
• Prod similar to Tokaji (botry grapes added to no botry grapes, all from same vineyard, ferm together, aged in barrel)

Question 19

Year Neusiedlersee gained DAC status for Classic and Reserve red wines based on Zweigelt

Answer 19

2011, Reserve from 2010

• Classic: Zweigelt majority, 12% abv, March 1
• Reserve: 60% Zweigelt, 13% abv, March 1, 2nd year (Wines of Austria - tasting notes, must also be in wood)

Neusiedlersee is also home to many of Austria’s greatest sweet white wines

Question 20

Neusiedlersee

Soils

Answer 20

Carbon-rich Schist and Gneiss

Question 21

Neusiedlersee

Climate

Answer 21

Continental/Pannonian

• Moderated by Neusiedl and additional countless small salt lakes
• High humidity, autumn fog

Question 22

Illmitz

• Location
• Most famous producer

Answer 22

Illmitz

• Southern Neusiedlersee
• Alois Kracher

Question 23

Mittelburgenland

Climatic influences

Answer 23

• Dense forests (temperature sink)
• Pannonian Plain
• Protected by 3 mountainous regions:
  
  • Buckligen Welt (W)
  • Sopron Mountains (N)
  • Koszeg Mountains (S)

Question 24

Mittelburgenland

Geology

Answer 24

Mittelburgenland

• Heavy, dense, deep loam
• Good for water absorption and retention

Question 25

Sudburgenland

(no longer wine region 2016)

Geology

Answer 25

• Hard, crystalline rock on the slopes of the Eisenberg
• Silty clay and loam at low elevation

Question 26

Rosalia DAC

• Styles
• Grapes

Answer 26

Rosalia DAC 2017

• Red, Rosé
• Blaufränkisch, Zweigelt
• Classic: 12%
• Reserve 13%

Question 27

Rosalia

Non DAC styles

Answer 27

Rosalia Non-DAC Styles

• Grande Rosalia
  
  • Defined by the Codex Rosalia, min 13.5% abv, recognizable flavor of oak aging
• Rosolo & Rosolita
  
  • Made from drying hand harvested grapes
  • Rosolo - dry, min 15% abv
  • Rosolita - sweet

Question 28

Rosalia DAC

Elevation

Answer 28

750 meters

Question 29

Rosalia DAC

Major Village

Answer 29

Pöttlesdorf