Let's talk about vibrant wines from the land of sunshine: Burgenland, close to Hungary. The focus here is on red wine (80 per cent) produced by winemakers with respect for nature. But in this WINELIFE, with the theme Sweet & Soft, we also let you taste the mouth-watering concentrated Auslese.
The regions of Austria: Burgenland
It is Austria's easternmost state, which was still part of Hungary until 1921. Thanks to its warm, continental, Pannonian climate, Burgenland produces the country's most lush and authoritative red wines. Especially from blaufränkisch, a typical Austrian grape variety. But there are also complex white wines and exceptionally fine sweet wines. Dhe noble sweet from the Neusiedlersee, made from grapes affected by Botrytis (noble rot), is world-famous. Thanks to the progressive approach of the winemakers, wines from international grape varieties and powerful red Cuvée blends have also gained recognition in recent years.
Subdivisions
The area covers 11,772 hectares. Following the introduction of the first regionally typical wine, Mittelburgenland DAC in 2005, other regions have also gained DAC status: Leithaberg DAC, Eisenberg DAC and Neusiedlersee DAC. The former Großlage Rosalia became an independent DAC in 2018, as did Ruster Ausbruch in 2020, finally completing Burgenland's DAC family.
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