Kellermeister Reserve Zweigelt 2017
Niederösterreich
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Critic James Suckling awarded this exciting Austrian red 92 points. It's a Reserve Blauer Zweigelt, a grape that produces “cherry fruited wines with an attractive pepper tingle” (Oz Clarke). With four years' age, this is savoury, silky and complex.
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Wine Details
- Red - Medium to Full Bodied
- Fine wine
Austria- Mid Ruby
- Blauer Zweigelt
- 10.125 Units
- Vegan
- 13.5% ABV
- 750 ml
- Vegetarian
- 31 December 2027
Flavour Profile
Tasting notes
Silky, mature red fruits, rounded tannins and oak spice
Aroma
Savoury mature red berry fruit, bell pepper and clove spice
Allergy information
Contains Sulphites
The Wine
Austria makes some really outstanding wines – beautifully balanced, elegant reds and mineral zipped whites – yet we rarely see them in the UK. That’s why Blauer Zweigelt, the nation’s most widely planted red grape, isn’t better known. A crossing of two other Austrian varieties created by Dr Fritz Zweigelt in 1922, it’s well suited to cool climates and produces silky fruit reds. And this Reserve 2017 shows how well it ages too. It's from a small cellar founded in 1938 by members of the local Wine Growers Guild in Krems, a town with eight centuries of winemaking tradition. Loam and loess soils bring out the juicy fruit and minerally freshness of Blauer Zweigelt, all aged gently in oak. Enjoy with white meats, meatier fish or a rice pilaf.
Austria makes some really outstanding wines – beautifully balanced, elegant reds...
A savory red with dried-berry, green-pepper and some clove undertones. Flavorful finish
James Suckling
Critic, 92 points
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