Blauer Zweigelt 2007, Anita & Hans Nittnaus, Zweigelt, Burgenland, Austria$15, Uva, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Zweigelt variety is an easy to drink, grapey hybrid of Blaufränkisch and St. Lauren.
Its basically the Austrian Beaujolais: cheap and tasty.
This particular bottle definitely attempts to go another step...
Although slightly unbalanced (aggressive fruit acid), the mid-palette blackberry, lemon and sour cherry + the finish of raisin, fig and bitter chocolate make it a worthy experiment.
The nose is mostly lactic: yogurt, lychee and a touch of caramel.
The wine has crazy, flame like looking legs, medium body and a tiny bit of fizziness.
I chilled the leftovers overnight and that seemed to work pretty well.
What an interesting description of a wine! "Crazy, flame like looking legs." I like that. I've had some wonderful Zweigelts in my experience, including the Nittnaus. I'm working on a project with the Austrian Wine Marketing Board so I've been exposed to many Austrian reds, and whites of course. An interesting side note: Zweigelt is the name of the scientist (Dr. Zweigelt)who invented this grape.
ReplyDeleteWe drove right past Nittnaus on Sunday. Could have picked you up a box and thrown it in the boot! (sorry, trunk!)
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