Burgenland Flashcards

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Burgenland

5 DACs

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  • 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.
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Burgenland

Vineyard area

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13,840 ha

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

  • Styles
  • Grapes
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Neusiedlersee DAC 2011 (Reserve from 2010)

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

Main grapes in the region

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  • Zweigelt
  • Welschriesling (sweet)
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5
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Neusiedlersee DAC

Leading Viticultural Towns

N to S

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  • Gols
  • Mönchoff
  • Halbturn
  • Podersorf
  • Frauenkirchen
  • Illmitz
  • Apelton
  • Andau
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Alongside Welschriesling, Neusiedlersee’s other leading white varieties

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  • Pinot Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • and aromatic varieties
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Leithaberg DAC

  • Styles
  • Grapes
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Leithaberg DAC

  • White: Grüner Veltliner, Neuburger, Chardonnay, Weissburgunder (blends or varietal wines)
  • Red: Blaufränkisch, + max. 15% comb Pinot Noir, St. Laurent, Zweigelt
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1st DAC to allow both red and white wines

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Leithaberg

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

Year est as DAC for white wine

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2009

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

White wines

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

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

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Leithaberg DAC

Leading Viticultural Towns

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

Grape

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100% Blaüfrankisch

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Mittelburgenland (2,100 ha)

Leading Viticultural Towns

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  • Neckenmarkt
  • Horitschon
  • Deutshkreutz
  • Lutzmannsburg
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Mittelburgenland

3 geological features that protect the vineyards

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

(2009, Reserve 2008)

Grape

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Zesty Blaufränkisch

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Eisenberg DAC

(Reserve 2008, Klassick 2009)

Leading Viticultural Towns

N to S

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  • Rechnitz - Welsch Riesling, Weißburgunder
  • Eisenberg
  • Deutsch Schützen - center point, dense iron soils
  • Moschendorf - Welsch Riesling, Weißburgunder
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17
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Home of Alois Kracher’s estate

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Illmitz

  • Village in Neusiedlersee
18
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Town famous for the production of Ausbruch

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

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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

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Neusiedlersee

Soils

A

Carbon-rich Schist and Gneiss

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Neusiedlersee

Climate

A

Continental/Pannonian

  • Moderated by Neusiedl and additional countless small salt lakes
  • High humidity, autumn fog
22
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Illmitz

  • Location
  • Most famous producer
A

Illmitz

  • Southern Neusiedlersee
  • Alois Kracher
23
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Mittelburgenland

Climatic influences

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

Geology

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Mittelburgenland

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

(no longer wine region 2016)

Geology

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  • Hard, crystalline rock on the slopes of the Eisenberg
  • Silty clay and loam at low elevation
26
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Rosalia DAC

  • Styles
  • Grapes
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Rosalia DAC 2017

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

Non DAC styles

A

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
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Rosalia DAC

Elevation

A

750 meters

29
Q

Rosalia DAC

Major Village

A

Pöttlesdorf

30
Q

What are the subregions of Burgenland?

A

Neusiedlersee
Neusiedlersee-Hügelland
Mittelburgenland
Südburgenland

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Neusiedlersee/Neusiedlersee-Hügelland Soils

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Carbon-rich Schist and Gneiss

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Q

Neusiedlersee/Neusiedlersee-Hügelland Climate

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Continental/Pannonian
Moderated by Neusiedl and additional countless small salt lakes
High humidity, autumn fog

33
Q

Where is Illmitz? Who is its most famous producer?

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Southern Neusiedlersee.
Alois Kracher

34
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Mittelburgenland: Climatic influences

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Dense forests (temperature sink)
Pannonian Plain
Protected by three mountainous regions:
Buckligen Welt (west), Sopron Mountains (north), Koszeg Mountains (south)

35
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Mittelburgenland: Geology

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

36
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Sudburgenland: Geology

A

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

37
Q

What makes Neusiedlersee/Neusiedlersee-Hügelland such excellent cultivators of botrytis?

A

Neusiedlersee (Lake Neusiedl): it’s very long, flat, and shallow (3ft deep!), as is the countryside around it.

38
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Where is Rust?

A

On the western shore of Neusiedlersee, in Neusiedlersee-Hügelland

39
Q

What is Uhudler?

A

A rosé (or sometimes white) wine made from vinifera x labrusca or riparia hybrids; a speciality of Südburgenland.

40
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What grape was traditionally used for Ruster Ausbruch?

A

Furmint

41
Q

What grapes are conventionally used currently for Ruster Ausbruch?

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Chardonnay
Muskateller
Weissburgunder
Neuburger
Welschriesling
Traminer
Pinot Gris