Weinhof Szemes Ried Hochberg Schiefer & Gneiss Mittelburgenland DAC 2019

From one of the makers of Arachon T.FX.T, Weinhof Szemes produces one of the top Blaufrnkisch in Austria.

In 1984 Tibor took over the family business. Tibor Szemes, a charismatic personality with vision and contacts all over the world, recognized the excellent terroir and grape quality of Central Burgenland as early as the early 1980s. With Ing. Josef Pusch, the then cellar master of the Horitschon cooperative, Tibor Szemes initiated the step to become a ngociant.

Tibors son, Oscar took the place of his parents, who both died far too young. Together with his sister Anna, he is now continuing the traditional business, while evolving it to focus on estate vineyards, as well as modernizing the wine portfolio that they represent

Grape Varietals & Region:100% Blaufrankisch from Burgenland, Austria. The Hochberg comes from the highest altitude region of Burgenland, grown on slate & gneiss soils.

Taste Profile:A compact wine with considerable depth and great aging potential. Strong color, complex bouquet, cranberries, juniper, herbs, rich, dense and taut structure, close-meshed and fine tannins, long-lasting, cranberry and blood orange in the appendix, juicy and elegant finish.

Winemaking Process:After spontaneous fermentation in vats, the wine undergoes malolactic fermentaion & ages for 30 months in partly new oak