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Sekt Méthode Traditionelle Traditional bottle fermentation is the most time-consuming and costly process for making sparkling wine: it takes a lot of time, and the typical ‘riddling’ of the bottles during ageing is often performed by hand. Austria’s top products – especially Sekt g.U. Reserve and Grosse Reserve – are produced according to this method. The result turns out as characterful and highly elegant Sekts, which do not need to fear any international comparisons.

Perlweine & Sekt Austria can look back on a venerable tradition of sparkling wine, one that dates back to the 19th century. Our specialists in the sparkling sector include private producers, as well as large Sekt houses. Whether Sekt g.U. at the Klassik level or the traditionally vinified pétillant naturel (Pét Nat), these wines are ideally suited not only to the classic role of apéritif but also prove their versatility as dinner- table companions. Fruit and refreshment share the foreground in these easily drinkable light sparklers (Perlwein) and Sekts.

Products Sekt Austria, Sparkling white wines, Reserve, Grande Reserve

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White wines - classic & refreshing Classic white wines from Austria get top marks for their freshness and fine acidity – which they combine with considerable elegance in a middleweight frame. These can be found in all our winegrowing regions: refreshing and regionally typical Grüner Veltliner & Riesling from the regions along the Danube River, delicious Wiener Gemischter Satz DAC, classic Weissburgunder & Chardonnay from Neusiedlersee or spicy Welschriesling & Sauvignon Blanc from the Steiermark. Youthful wines such as Junger Österreicher, Steierischer Junker or Junger Wiener are the first to appear on the calendar in the classic & refreshing category, and can be tasted soon after the harvest.

Products Wines from Steel tank or well used oak barrels

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White wines - powerful & complex These stars of Austrian white wine culture are vinified dry, exhibiting body and extract, opulence and concentration. In addition to the majority of classically elaborated wines, here you will also find wines matured in barrique with a bit of an international accent. Among the elite one finds single-vineyard wines vinified from Grüner Veltliner and Riesling (like Smaragd bottlings from the Wachau), and top wines from regions along the Danube or from the Weinviertel. Other very distinctive vinous personalities include robust Zierfandler and Rotgipfler from the Thermenregion, as well as complex Weissburgunder and Chardonnay from Burgenland (Neusiedlersee & Leithaberg). This category is rounded out by the great single vineyard wines from the Steiermark (Sauvignon Blanc, Morillon, Weissburgunder & Grauburgunder), as well as specialties such as Neuburger, Roter Veltliner and the Gemischter Satz from Vienna.

Products Reserve wines, Barrique, big barrels, new and used oak

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Rosé Rosés are produced in all winegrowing regions of Austria and assume many forms: charming, youthful wines from Burgenland, or fresh stylings vinified from Zweigelt and Sankt Laurent in Niederösterreich, all the way to racy Schilcher from the Weststeiermark (some designated as a regionally protected Weststeiermark DAC). Burgenland also has its own protected appellation of origin for fruity-fresh and spicy rosé wine: Rosalia DAC Rosé.

Products Rosé Wines

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Red wines - classic & elegant Red wines in the classic style – with élevage either in large wooden cask or steel tank, with typical Austrian fruit but also plenty of depth, without being too high in alcohol – which express the typicity of their origins, with elegance and an inviting nature. Zweigelt plays an important role, since it grows quite happily in almost all viticultural regions – though Carnuntum & Neusiedlersee come up first here – and classically vinified Blaufränkisch can also be convincingly distinctive. This group is rounded out by specialties such as Sankt Laurent, Blauburgunder (Pinot Noir), Blauer Portugieser & Blauburger.

Product Steel tank & large wood cask, used Barrique

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Red wines - intense & long lasting These are red wines that possess opulence, concentration, complexity and depth, vinified either as single varietal wines or as cuvées. Even with aging in barriques, these top wines are characterised by the typical depth of fruit characteristic of their terroir. The premiere destination for red wines of this sort is Burgenland – although top red wines can also be found coming from Carnuntum, the Thermenregion or even Vienna. It is satisfying to note that our typical Austrian grape varieties such as Blaufränkisch & Zweigelt might even do just a bit better here than classics like Pinot Noir and the international varieties Cabernet & Co.

Products Reserve wines, for long aging, mainly oak

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Skin contact & alternative wines A precise definition of ‘Orange Wines’, ‘Artisan Wines’ or ‘Natural’ wines – often referred to collectively as ‘Alternative Wines’, does not exist. What they have in common, however, is that they often develop as far as possible without human intervention during their process of becoming wine. Owing to oxidative development and/or extended maceration time, the white wines will also develop a distinct tannin structure – and even some colour from the skins – in combination with fresh acidity and earthy fruit. Growers who produce exceptional wines in these new – or actually old – ways can be found in all of Austria’s winegrowing regions.

Products Natural & skin fermented wines

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Nobly sweet wines These include Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese, as well as the classy and refined Ruster Ausbruch. These rare sweet wines are characterised by ample residual sugar and highly concentrated acidity, usually in conjunction with the distinctive aroma of noble rot (Botrytis cinerea). Such wines continue to develop in an exciting way over a long period of time and have great ageing potential – and Austria – especially Rust and Neusiedlersee-Seewinkel – plays here in the Champions League. Eiswein with expressive, luxuriant fruit and sizzling acidity – as well as Strohwein and Schilfwein, which exhibit flavour profiles between Botrytis and Eiswein – also belong to this category.

White wines - off-dry & medium sweetl Wines in the upper Spätlese or Auslese class rank among the most ageworthy wines in Austria. In their youth they exhibit a great deal of finesse, combined with supple residual sweetness and a lively interplay between fruit and acidity. The palette ranges from Muskat Ottonel or Welschriesling from Burgenland, via (Gewürz)Traminer from the Steiermark, Grüner Veltliner and Riesling from various winegrowing regions, to the great Spätlesen or Auslesen vinified from the specialty varieties Zierfandler and Rotgipfler in the Thermenregion.

Products Spätlese, Trockenbeerenauslese, Eiswein, Fortified

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