Zweigelt Nouveau

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Dorli Muhr dreamt of creating a wine that would celebrate the talents of Zweigelt. In her view, Zweigelt is a cool climate varietal, that should refresh and show an unpretentious character. 

The grapes originate from very old Zweigelt vineyards, which were harvested rather early in order to avoid overmatured grapes. The whole bunches were softly smashed only by feet, and then fermented with wild yeasts exclusively between three and five days. After pressing, half of the wine went into stainless steel and half into old oak casks for finishing fermentation. In March 2003 the wine was bottled unfiltered. 

With its name Zweigelt Nouveau, the wine refers to its famous cousins in Beaujolais. It is an Austrian wine who talks with a french accent, and it promises a lot of joie de vivre.