United Nations of Kékfrankos/ Blaufränkisch/ Frankovka/ Modra Frankinja/ Lemberger

Villa Gyetvai

Balaton

Why do you love the Kékfrankos variety?

First of all, because it is a local variety which is easy to work in the vineyards. Kékfrankos wines have a thousand faces, so it is very exciting to work with it.

Describe your Kékfrankos:

Medium intensity, ruby colour, this is a cool, elegant and lively wine.

How does your Kékfrankos express the site where it was grown?

Nice acid structure thanks to the soil, full-bodied and complex taste due to the proximity of Lake Balaton, fruitiness thanks to the grape variety.

Koch Borászat

Villány

Why do you love the Kékfrankos variety?

It is a rich variety that allows us to present different styles and types of wine. A very rich variety with which we can make structured red wines with a high polyphenolic profile as well as light and spicy rosé wines.

Describe your Kékfrankos:

Medium-bodied red, vibrant acidity, long aftertaste.

How does your Kékfrankos express the site where it was grown?

Due to hail in June, the production of our vineyard was reduced by 60%. Our grapes were very concentrated until harvest time.

Stubenvoll Pince

Sopron

Why do you love the Kékfrankos variety?

On the one hand, it is our historical heritage, as the slogan of our wine region explains: "Sopron, capital of the Kékfrankos". On the other hand, it's our favorite red variety because it is extremely easy to work with both in the vineyard and in the cellar, and it can also cater to the taste of the modern age with its fruity, cool structure. 

Describe your Kékfrankos:

Aged for 9 months in barrel. Very fruity, with a bold structure.

How does your Kékfrankos express the site where it was grown?

Due to the features of our wine region, it can display various faces/styles at different micro-vineyards. It can exhibit a very mineral, salty and elegant character.

Heimann & Fiai

Szekszárd

Why do you love the Kékfrankos variety?

I love Kékfrankos because of the vividity, the freshness of aromas. While the variety yields a serious and layered wine, through its moderate tannins, zesty acidity and not-excessive alcohol, it is a great contemporary red variety. Also the nuances of climatic and soil differences shine through the wines of the different terroirs – when not overshadowed by winemaking.

Describe your Kékfrankos:

Bati Kereszt: a protected, calm parcel. Floral, playful, charming expression of Kékfrankos.

How does your Kékfrankos express the site where it was grown?

Bati Kereszt is an outlier in our climate, generally influenced by the excessively warm Great Plain. Through its protectedness, this vineyard shows a restraint in power, more playful aromas, a beautifully open face of Kékfrankos in Szekszárd.

Szekretar Organic Winery

Szekszárd

Why do you love the Kékfrankos variety?

The most reliable type which shows the terroir very well. It is a very unique grape that is produced in only a few countries.

Describe your Kékfrankos:

At Szekszard, it is elegant, moderate in acidity. Has a strong plum character.

How does your Kékfrankos express the site where it was grown?

Harvested from a warmer site, fermented with its own yeast, minimal sulphur added to show its real fruity and fresh character.

Világi Winery

Južnoslovenská

Why do you love the Frankovka Modrá variety?

The variety represents the terroir very well, hand in hand with trustfulness for each vintage.

Describe your Frankovka Modrá:

Beautiful balanced wine with the harmony of fruitiness, spiciness and body.

How does your Frankovka Modrá express the site where it was grown?

Exceptional quality through an exceptional place, nice mineralic touch through the volcanic soil, fully ripened with pleasent acidity. You can taste the long tradition and the professionalism of the winegrowing process.

Víno J. Stávek

Velkopavlovicko

Why do you love the Frankovka variety?

In the Czech Republic, this is the only feminine variety. It can be young, playful or matured, balanced and also elegant and precious.

Describe your Frankovka:

Splendid combination of stone fruits, spiciness, fresh but balanced with a long aftertaste.

How does your Frankovka express the site where it was grown?

The typicity of Frankovka from our region is strong aroma of cherries and sour cherries, which is supported by a soil rich in calcium and magnesium.

Víno Botur

Slovácko

Describe your Frankovka:

Beautiful ripeness, velvety and fullness with a touch of stone

How does your Frankovka express the site where it was grown?

A typical expression is the aroma of plums from our region and a velvety body expression, thanks to the higher calcium content in the soil.

Vinselekt Michlovský

Velkopavlovicko

Why do you love the Frankovka variety?

Typical variety for our region giving great wines if it is properly treated in the vineyard and matured in oak

Describe your Frankovka:

Harmonic, full bodied, fruity, cherries, plum butter (povidl) and log aftertaste

How does your Frankovka express the site where it was grown?

Purple colour, fully structured, full of transformed blackberies and black cherries

Roka Winery

Štajerska

Why do you love the Modra Frankinja variety?

Modra Frankinja delivers a thrilling vibrancy as a wine – poised, elegant, juicy, alive, fresh and versatile. The character of the variety is very versatile and can interact superbly with differing cellar techniques, managing to maintain varietal typicity (with the exception of too much oak) and it transmits terroir exceptionally well.

Describe your Modra Frankinja:

Drinkable (do you need anything else?!)

How does your Modra Frankinja express the site where it was grown?

We achieve great concentration, yet maintain energy and vibrancy in the wine. Cordon pruning (unusual for our region) brings low yield and concentration, the soil delivers aroma and complexity and the climate maintains freshness and elegance.

Vina Šuklje

Bela Krajina

Why do you love the Modra Frankinja variety?

Because this variety is a real sponge for terroir and is ageworthy. It is very versatile and gives elegant, vibrant and complex wines. It is also one of the best food companions that we know.

Describe your Modra Frankinja:

Elegant, deep, complex – mixing fruit, herbs and chalkiness

How does your Modra Frankinja express the site where it was grown?

Warm summers with high diurnal variation and a fair amount of rain on draining calcaerous soil gives elegant, vivid and deep wines, always showing some forest fruit character lifted by typical floral and Mediterranean herb undertones.

Vinska Klet Metlika

Bela Krajina

Why do you love the Modra Frankinja variety?

Because it is our traditional variety, it thrives very well in our environment, produces elegant wines and combines beautifully with various dishes.

Describe your Modra Frankinja:

Ruby, fresh, fruity, elegant, harmonious, complex

How does your Modra Frankinja express the site where it was grown?

Warm summers with daily variation of temperature and a fair amount of rain on draining calcaerous soil gives elegant, fresh and deep wines always showing some forest fruit character lifted by typical floral and Mediterranean herb undertones.

Markus Utiger

Neusiedler See

Why do you love the Blaufränkisch variety?

Why a single-vineyard wine in Austria? Because the vines thrive in this climate and Blaufränkisch is a great structural variety.

Describe your Blaufränkisch:

Single-vineyard terroir wine with structure and extremely long-lived.

How does your Blaufränkisch express the site where it was grown?

Deep colour, firm tannins, masculine body

Weingut Hareter Thomas & Claudia

Neusiedler See

Why do you love the Blaufränkisch variety?

Because it’s the best red for cool minerality

Describe your Blaufränkisch:

Fine, juicy tannins, mineral length, dark berries, great freshness

How does your Blaufränkisch express the site where it was grown?

Very cool aroma, finest texture, chalky soil, exact and straight – that’s the single vineyard Zeiselberg

Weingut Stefan Zehetbauer

Leithaberg

Why do you love the Blaufränkisch variety?

There are not many varieties that can combine characteristics from the specific vineyard it grows in and the appellation as a whole so beautifully together and still retain a puristic expression as a Blaufränkisch.

Describe your Blaufränkisch:

"Slatey", sophisticated, meaty, yet fresh and balanced, leaves an impression.

How does your Blaufränkisch express the site where it was grown?

It captures perfectly the duality, and thus the liveliness, of the wines coming from the Steinberg. Heat retaining mica slate rocks and balancing cool air from the encompassing woods. Powerful and deep but juicy tannins and a prolonged freshness that creates a wonderful tension on the palate.

Weingut Erwin Tinhof

Leithaberg

Describe your Blaufränkisch:

A picture of finesse and elegance.

How does your Blaufränkisch express the site where it was grown?

Sloping towards the south, this old, deeply rooted vineyard enjoys the sun from morning to night. An ideal prerequisite for concentrated Blaufränkisch wines full of character.

Weingut Juliana Wieder

Mittelburgenland

Why do you love the Blaufränkisch variety?

Blaufränkisch is the grape variety which perfectly reflects our soils in Neckenmarkt.

Describe your Blaufränkisch:

Elegant combination of minerality of the soil and the character of this vintage.

Weingut A&H Nittnaus

Leithaberg

Why do you love the Blaufränkisch variety?

Because it has a balance of power and elegance that is hard to find. Because it expresses the terroir like no other. Because it is THE traditional red wine variety of Burgenland, our home. Because it is best prepared for global warming thanks to its late ripening and stable acidity.

Describe your Blaufränkisch:

This wine ideally combines body and finesse, power and minerality.

How does your Blaufränkisch express the site where it was grown?

The Jungsberg is a warm, early site due to its southeastern exposition and proximity to Lake Neusiedl. This leads to high maturity and powerful structure. At the same time, the slate soil ensures a mineral, elegant length and aromatic complexity. In addition to the typical cherry fruit, many spicy and floral components are noticeable.

Remushof Jagschitz

Leithaberg

Why do you love the Blaufränkisch variety?

Blaufränkisch is an old traditional Austrian variety. Uncomplicated and multifaceted. Spicy notes stand out from the other varieties.

Describe your Blaufränkisch:

Full-bodied wine with precise minerality and complex aroma.

How does your Blaufränkisch express the site where it was grown?

Our Blaufränkisch reflects the character of our terroir. It is characterised by limestone-free rock-brown soil made of crystal stone or crystalline debris. Preferred by Lake Neusiedl, the location is integrated in the heat storage zone of Lake Neusiedl during the day. The nights are cooler because colder air currents from the Leitha mountain range strongly influence the location in its aromatics.

Weingut Esterhazy

Leithaberg

Why do you love the Blaufränkisch variety?

Blaufränkisch always keeps its own, typical flavour profile – no matter what style of wine you are going to produce. And Blaufränkisch also transports the different soils in a very unique and subtle way into the wine.

Describe your Blaufränkisch:

Barren and soil driven cool climate wine with attitude.

How does your Blaufränkisch express the site where it was grown?

This Blaufränkisch was grown on barren and fossil-rich limestone soil at the hillside of the Leithaberg. All the plots face south-east, protecting the vines from the hot afternoon sun, which can burn the skins of the berries and cause early ripening. The soil adds dark fruit to the wine's aroma profile and the exposure allows the berries to ripen perfectly without accumulating too much sugar. The wine retains its freshness and soft, ripe tannins.

Weingut Josef Tesch

Mittelburgenland

Why do you love the Blaufränkisch variety?

Blaufränkisch reflects our deep attachment to the Burgenland terroir.

Describe your Blaufränkisch:

It reflects the character of our terroir; a wine full of body, personality and essence.

How does your Blaufränkisch express the site where it was grown?

Blaufränkisch grapes used for the Patriot come from 70 year-old vines which are deeply rooted in weathered crystalline slate. This transports key nutrients to the grapes, which gives them their unique aroma. In the Patriot the spirit of the earth is revealed, as is the power of the soil in which the grapes are cultivated.

Weingut Günter + Regina Triebaumer

Leithaberg

Why do you love the Blaufränkisch variety?

Blaufränkisch is a true Rust core competence and has always played first fiddle.

Describe your Blaufränkisch:

Weathered schist and loam generate cool-fruited Blaufränkisch.

How does your Blaufränkisch express the site where it was grown?

Dark cherries and black pepper aromas, very typical for Blaufränkisch from Rust, year after year.

Weingut Beurer

Württemberg

Why do you love the Lemberger variety?

Lemberger shows the high altitude vineyard of the Remstal with freshness and fruit very well.

Describe your Lemberger:

Fresh, crispy, juicy

How does your Lemberger express the site where it was grown?

Cool aromatic, fresh and juicy

Weingut Kusterer

Württemberg

Why do you love the Lemberger variety?

The grape variety has the ability to reflect its origin and thus the terroir in the wine.

Describe your Lemberger:

It combines the concentration of the vintage with a fresh terroir-influenced minerality of the soil.

How does your Lemberger express the site where it was grown?

The Lemberger vines grow on top of a exposed rock formation made out of sandstone in the middle of the historic terraced vineyards. This gives the wine complexity and mineral notes with spicy flavours.

Weingut Lassak

Württemberg

Why do you love the Lemberger variety?

Depending on the terroir, Lemberger displays a complex aroma, depth, minerality and good longevity with a fine supporting acidity. This makes Lemberger a grape variety with huge potential.

Describe your Lemberger:

Elegance, fine grained tannins, length, minerality, purity

How does your Lemberger express the site where it was grown?

The Lemberger vines grow in the STEIGE on upper shell limestone with clay soil. This gives the wine a finesse and complexity with spicy notes.

Weingut Karl Haidle

Württemberg

Why do you love the Lemberger variety?

Because it can be fresh, juicy and have powerful herbal notes at the same time. Also it shows its terroir very well!

Describe your Lemberger:

Herbal, etheral and elegant

How does your Lemberger express the site where it was grown?

Like every good variety, it shows the site in the form of a unique aroma and structure.