Burgenland Flashcards
When was the first recording of TBA in Austria?
1756 (over 200 yrs before Germany)
What Hungarian region is just over the border of Burgenland?
Sopron
What are the DACs of Burgenland? North to south please.
Neusiedlersee DAC Leithaberg DAC Rosalia DAC Mittelburgenland DAC Eisenberg DAC
Which DACs of Burgenland are for red wine only?
Nieusiedlersee DAC
Mittelburgenland DAC
Eisenberg DAC
(MEN)
Which DAC is for Zweigelt based reds?
Neusiedlersee DAC
What is the cepage for Neusiedlersee DAC?
Classic: Zweigelt must be the focus of the blend
Reserve: min 60% Zweigelt
What is the min alc for Neusiedlersee DAC?
Classic: 12%
Reserve: 13%
What is the aging for Neusiedlersee DAC?
Classic: released 3/1 year following
Reserve: released 3/1 of 2nd year following, with wood present
Important towns of Neusiedlersee DAC
Gols, Monchhof, Illmitz, Apelton, Andau
What year was the first vintage for Neusiedlersee DAC?
2011
(2010 for reserve wines)
Elevated in 2012
What is the traditional name of the area between Lake Neusiedlersee and the Danube?
Heideboden
starts just south of Gols
part in Austria, part in Hungary
What is the name of the area at the southern end of Lake Neusiedlersee?
Seewinkel
Where Illmitz is located, v famous for botrytis
What was the first DAC to allow both red and white?
What wsa the first vintage?
Leithaberg DAC
2009 for whites
2008 fir reds
What are the grapes of Leithaberg DAC?
White: GV, Neuberger, Chardonnay, Weissburgunder (can be a blend or varietal)
Red: 85-100% Blaufrankisch
What is the alcohol range of Leithaberg DAC?
12.5-13.5%
What DAC mandates that wines are bottled in multiples of 750ml? (so no 375 or 1L or 2L)
Leithaberg DAC
What is limestone called in Leithaberg DAC?
What other soil types are there?
Leithakalk
gneiss and mica-slate
What is the aging for Leithaberg DAC?
White: released 9/1 year following
Red: released 9/1 of 2nd year. Must be aged in oak
Name 3 villages in Leithaberg DAC
Eisenstadt, Jois, Winden, Schutzen
What is the newest DAC of Burgenland? When was the first vintage?
Rosalia DAC
2017 was the first vintage
What are the styles of Rosalia DAC?
Rose Rose Ried Red Red Reserve Red Reserve Ried
What are the grapes of Rosalia DAC?
Zweigelt and Blaufrankisch
Rose: varietal label is forbidden
Red: must be varietal
What are the minimum abvs of Rosalia DAC?
Classic: 12%
Reserve (red only): 13%
WHat is the minimum aging for Rosalia DAC
Classic: May be released 1/1 year following
Reserve: same as Classic
What are the non-DAC styles of Rosalia DAC?
Grande Rosalia
Rosolo and Rosolita
What are Rosolo and Rosolita?
Non-DAC styles made in Rosalia
Made from dried, hand harvested grapes.
Rosolo is dry, 15% abv (!!)
Rosolita is sweet
What is Grande Rosalia?
Non DAC style made in Rosalia.
minimum 13.5% abv
recognizable flavor of oak aging
Important village fo Rosalia DAC
Pottelsdorf
Major geographic features of Rosalia DAC
Rosaliengabirge (Rosalia Range)
Wulka River
What DACs are for 100% Blaufrankisch?
Mittelburgenland DAC
Eisenberg DAC
What was the first DAC in Burgenland? What was the first vintage?
Mittelburgenland
2005
What styles can be made in Mittelburgenland DAC?
What are the abv ranges for each?
Classic: 12.5-13%
Classic with Ried: 13-13.5%
Reserve: min 13%
What are the aging requirements of Mittelburgenland DAC?
Classic: released 8/1 yr following; stainless or used oak
Classic w Ried: released 10/1 yr following; large barrel or used barrique
Reserve: released 3/1 of 2nd yr; must be matured in oak (new or used)
Soil of Mittelburgenland DAC
Deep clay, some schist, loess, limestone
Imprtant viallages of Mittelburgenland DAC
Neckenmarkt, Lutzmannberg, Deutschkreutz, Horitschon
What is the fruthest south DAC of Burgenland?
Eisenberg DAC
What is the soil of Eisenberg DAC?
Iron-rich schist
gravel and slate
What styles can be made in Eisenberg DAC? what are the min abvs?
Classic: 12.5%
Reserve: 13%
What was the first vintage for Eisenberg DAC?
2009 for Classic
2008 for Reserve
What are the aging requirements for Eisenberg DAC?
Classic: released from 9/1 year following
Reserve: released from 3/1 of 2nd year; must be aged in wood
What is Uhudler, where is it from?
Rose or white made from American hybrids planted introduced post-phylloxera.
Specialty of Sud-Burgenland/ Eisenberg
What is the minimum KMW for Ausbruch? What style does it align with in terms of sweetness?
30º KMW
Min 5% abv
same as TBA
What is strohwein called in Burgenland?
Schilfwein
aka reed wine, because the mats used are made from reeds that grow around the lake
What are the KMWs for Austrian Pradikatswein?
Qualitatswein 15º Kabinett 17º Spatlese 19º Auslese 21º Beerenauslese 25º Eiswein 25º Strohwein/Schilfwein 25º Ausbruch 30º TBA 30º
What is the minimum abv for Austrian Pradikatswein?
Qualitatswein: min 9%
Kabinett: max 13%
Everything else: min 5%
How is Kabinett classified in Austria?
Qualitatswein
What is the max rs for Austrian Kabinett?
max 9 g/l RS