Red Kiss Type: Red Grape: Pinot Noir (Burgunder) Vintner: Willi Opitz Region: Illmitz, Neusiedlersee
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Red Kiss Type: Red Grape: Pinot Noir (Burgunder) Vintner: Willi Opitz Region: Illmitz, Neusiedlersee |
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Description: Discreet bouquet, elegant, soft tannins. Despite some new vineyard planting, this grape variety, which made the red wines of Burgundy famous, is still under-represented in Austria. The Pinot Noir has a very fine bouquet that is difficult to describe, best perhaps as reminiscent of raspberries or almonds. The taste/aroma is predominantly cherry/plummy - red cherry and black cherry, with berry elements, including strawberry and raspberry, and a hint of plum. The aroma can sometimes be even prunish. Its taste has lots of fruity charm and elegance. Despite its delicate structure it ages better than many wine-lovers assume. Perfect to enjoy with lighter meats such as goose and duck, and gamey meats such as rabbit. It goes superbly with Italian dishes.
Red Waltz Type: Red Grape: Zweigelt Vintner: Willi Opitz Region: Illmitz, Neusiedlersee |
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Description: Cherry fruit, attractive, velvety. This variety was named for the Austrian plant-breeder Prof. Fritz Zweigelt, who created this successful cross of Blaufränkisch and St. Laurent. As new wine the Zweigelt has a pronounced fruity bouquet that becomes rounder and finer with ageing. It ranges in quality from a light table wine to be enjoyed in its youth to powerful wines for ageing. The nose has expressions of black cherries, with a surprise black pepper on the finish, high complexity, well balanced, ripe, soft tannins. Soft and velvetry, Red Waltz is great by itself or with beef, lamb and barbeque.
Pink Kiss Type: Rose Grapes: Zweigelt, St. Laurent, Blaufränkisch cuveé Vintner: Willi Opitz Region: Illmitz, Neusiedlersee |
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Description: A new idea from Willi Opitz. This charming cuveé combines all the intriguing characteristics of the three grapes that make it up, a touch of pepper, black cherries and blackberries on the nose and a fresh uncomplicated finish. Ideal for the patio or balcony with fresh strawberries.
Muskat Ottonel Type: Dry White Grapes: Muskat Ottonel Vintner: Willi Opitz Region: Illmitz, Neusiedlersee |
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Description: Put your nose into a Spring bouquet of flowers! Intense bouquet, grapey, mild. The Muscat bouquet is very pronounced; because of its low acidity the Muskat-Ottonel is very mild and supple. Dry types, which should be drunk young, make a good aperitif. One of the favorites of the Ladies! Great for the patio or balcony. It is very rare to find a Muskat that maintains its bouquet and is still dry. Serve with Asian foods, chicken or fish.
Opitz One
Grape: Zweigelt
Type: Red Shilfmantel (reed wine),
similar to a Trockenbeerenauslese, dessert wine
Vintner: Willi Opitz
Region: Illmitz, Neusiedlersee
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Description: This is Willi's signature wine. Quite literally as Willi puts his gold thumbprint on every bottle! The grapes are 3x hand selected and allowed to dry for 6 months before pressing. This after dinner wine has a nose of blackberries, very elegant sour cherry and chocolate. Perfect with soft blue cheese, dark chocolate or honeydew melon. The wine is good for 30 days after opening(refrigerate)and will keep for over 50 years! A consistent gold medal winner around the world and over 90 Parker points.
Pinot Gris TBA Grape: Pinot Gris (Pinot Grigio in Italian) Type: White, Trockenbeerenauslese, dessert wine Vintner: Willi Opitz Region: Illmitz, Neusiedlersee |
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Description: Award winning, best of class, after dinner wine, from Willi Opitz, Illmitz, Austria. The nose is a bouquet of fruit; apricots, pears, peaches, nuts. High complexity, long finish. Great with cheesecake, honeydew melon. Good for 30 days after opening (refrigerated). Will keep for over 50 years!
Sweet Waltz Grape: Müller Thurgau Type: White, Trockenbeerenauslese, dessert wine Vintner: Willi Opitz Region: Illmitz, Neusiedlersee |
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Description: Award winning, silver medal, Müller Thurgau trockenbeerenauslese, after dinner wine. The nose is a bouquet of fruit; pears, peaches, nuts and figs. High complexity, well balanced, long finish. Great with cheesecake, chocolate, honeydew melon. Good for 30 days after opening (refrigerated). Will keep for over 50 years!
Zweigelt Grape: Zweigelt Type: Red Vintner: Julius Hafner Region: Mönchof, Neusiedlersee |
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Description: Austria’s most widely planted red grape. Black cherries on the nose, white pepper on the palate and black pepper on the finish. Excellent with beef, lamb and wild game. Also goes well with barbeque.
Blaufränkisch Grape: Blaufränkish Type: Red Vintner: Julius Hafner Region: Mönchof, Neusiedlersee |
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Description: Uniquely Austrian, this is a soft, fruity surprise. The nose is full of cherries with a hint of spice on the palate. Loved by both the avid red wine enthusiast and the white wine drinker trying to find a soft red. Blaufränkisch is perfect with pork, chicken or by itself. Dark berry notes, astringent-spicy, medium tannin levels. The name Blaufränkisch (literally “blue Franconian”) probably dates from the time of Charlemagne, when all high-qualities varieties were classified as “Franconian” (fränkisch) while those of lesser value were called “Hunnic” (heunisch) and eliminated. In its youth this Austrian speciality is an impetuous, deeply fruity red wine, which with ageing becomes more velvety and supple, gaining additional facets. Enjoy it with beef, noodles, potatoes and pizza.
Grüner Veltliner Grape: Grüner Veltliner Type: Dry White Vintner: Julius Hafner Region: Mönchof, Neusiedlersee |
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Description: Peppery spice, fruity, usually dry. With a share of about a third of Austria's total viticultural area, the Grüner Veltliner is the most important variety grown in Austria. The quality spectrum of the Grüner Veltliner is sweeping, extending from light, effervescent wines that are best drunk young. Green apples on the nose, citrus on the palate. This wine goes with almost any food. Good with salads, fish, chicken, turkey, meats in sauces. We like to serve it with salads as the acid and citrus neutralize the coating that salad dressings often leave.
Description: Wonderful balance, woody notes, fine fruit and powerful typical nose of almonds, apples and honey. Good with spicey cheeses, spicey fish and meat dishes
Chardonnay Late Harvest Grape: Chardonnay Type: Spätlese, Late Harvest white Vintner: Julius Hafner Region: Mönchof, Neusiedlersee |
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Description: Semi-sweet, late harvest, fruity and fresh with light flavors to apricots.
Good structure and nice acidity. Excellent by itself or with light sweet dishes.
Scheurebe Late Harvest Grape: Scheurebe (Sämling 88) Type: Spätlese, late harvest Vintner: Julius Hafner Region: Mönchof, Neusiedlersee |
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Description: Lovely notes of cassis and peaches. Full bodied, good structure and nice acidity. Excellent by itself or with light sweet dishes.
Scheurebe Ice Wine Grape: Scheurebe Type: Ice Wine, White, Dessert Wine Vintner: Julius Hafner Region: Mönchof, Neusiedlersee |
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Description: The Hafner Estate was the innovator of ice wine in the 1960's. Canadians came to Austria to learn from Julius Hafner II how to make ice wine. This noble sweet wine has won many international gold medals, including the U.S. Austria's ice wines are picked at -5ºC in January at 3:00 am under a full moon. The grapes are picked and pressed frozen, all by natural processes. This dessert wine has notes of honey, with a touch of lemon. It is a wonderful compliment to cheesecakes, pastries, or a great finish to your meal.
Scheurebe TBA Grape: Scheurebe Type: Trockenbeerenauslese, White, Dessert Wine Vintner: Julius Hafner Region: Mönchof, Neusiedlersee |
Late Harvest |
Description: This noble sweet wine has a golden clear color, fine botrytis flavor. It is full bodied with a long finish. An outstanding harmony of fruit, acidity and sweetness. The wine has won many international awards. Serve with cheesecake, dark chocolate or soft blue cheese.
Sauvignon Blanc Grape: Sauvignon Blanc Type: Dry White Vintner: Walter Skoff Region: Gamlitz, South Styria |
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Description: Paprika spice, vivacious, piquant. With the current wave of new plantings it is easy to forget that this grape variety was planted in Austria more than a hundred years ago. Its paprika-like spice is replaced over a long period of ageing by aromas of asparagus and black currants. Very fresh and stimulating with a racy acidity structure, the Sauvignon is an elegant, fruity wine of unmistakable character that also ages well in the medium term. Sauvignon Blamc (also called Fume Blanc) is one of the great white wines. It is an extremely versatile and drinkable wine. In France, Sauvignon Blanc is the mother grape Pouilly Fume and has the capacity to enoble plain, simple seafood, and will hold up nicely to herbal preparations (thyme, rosemary, basil, tarragon, coriander and white meats such as chicken, veal, turkey and pork. The wine has vibrant flavors that go surprisingly well with spicy and ethnic cuisines, as well as traditional French fare.
Welschriesling Grape: Welschriesling Type: Dry White Vintner: Walter Skoff Region: Gamlitz, South Styria |
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Description: This is not a Riesling! Its background is unknown, but thought to be northern Italy. It is believed to be a cross between the Muskat and the Riesling grape. Note the hint of flowery bouquet. The wine delicate and fragrent with apple aromas, mostly slender with racey acidity. Look for the lemon finish. Great with white fish, chicken. This wine is dry, fine and spicy, very fruity with bouquet of southern fruits and piquant. It is nicely structured with a long, voluminous finish. Enjoy it with poultry, salmon, noodles, pizza, asparagus, and poultry pâtés.
Grüner Veltliner, Moosburgerin Grape: Grüner Veltliner Type: Dry, White Vintner: Manfred Felsner Region: Kremstal |
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Description: Number one varietal in Austria, about one third of all grapes in Austria. Very old varietal, background uncertain, goes back to medieval times. Spicy, smokey character with a distinctive white pepper and tobacco bouquet. Fruit character can range from rich, peachy flavors to green apples, citrus on the nose. Most prominent characteristic is the suitability to accompany food. Ages well, longer than most whites due to the high acid. Good with salads, fish, chicken, turkey, meats in sauces.
Riesling Gebling Grape: Riesling Type: Dry White Vintner: Manfred Felsner Region: Kremstal |
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Description: Elegant fragrance, fine nuances, raciness. The noble Riesling from Austria's best-situated vineyards produces one of the world's finest wines of this variety. Its attractive bouquet usually has delicate notes of peaches, apricots and citrus fruits. Because of its piquant acidity, the Riesling is very racy and long on the palate; it constantly develops and thus ages very well. The Riesling goes with light meals like chicken, veal, pork, fish, Wild Turkey, Quail, Pheasant and fresh cheese.
Return to Top of PageSt. Laurent / Zweigelt 2003 Grapes: St. Laurent and Zweigelt cuvee Type: Red Vintner: Willi Sattler Region: Gamlitz, South Styria |
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Description: deep color, aromas of deep cherries and chocolate, soft on the palate, great mouthfeel, almost opulent, completely enjoyable to drink. Serve with pizza and pasta, powerful game dishes, seared game meat. Also good with lamb and barbeque.