5 editor-picked estates growing Furmint in Burgenland.
Where to taste Furmint in Burgenland: the estates that grow it, how the region expresses the grape, and how to book a visit.
Three century Rust winemaking family run by Heidi Schröck and her sons Georg and Johannes, working Furmint, Blaufränkisch and Weissburgunder into dry wines and Ruster Ausbruch.
Tasting: By appointment at the cellar on Rust's main square.
Tip: Heidi Schröck literally wrote a reference book on Ruster Ausbruch; ask to taste an older vintage if visiting.
Rust producer descended from a winemaking family documented since 1647, championing dry Furmint alongside Blaufränkisch and Pinot Noir with minimal intervention winemaking.
Tasting: By appointment at the Rust cellar.
Tip: Wenzel's dry Furmint is a rare modern expression of a grape usually reserved for Ruster Ausbruch.
Horitschon estate organic since 2005 and biodynamic since 2006, farming Blaufränkisch on both sides of the Austrian-Hungarian border around Sopron.
Tasting: By appointment at the Horitschon estate.
Tip: The single-vineyard Kirchholz and Spern Steiner bottlings track the estate's Blaufränkisch terroir range.
Michael Wenzel's family winery in Rust, built on a philosophy of transparent, low-intervention winemaking. Visits are arranged directly through the estate; the range draws on both Rust's Blaufränkisch reds and the town's Furmint-based Ausbruch heritage.
A Schandl family estate in Rust producing traditional varieties since 1741, now run by Paul Schandl. The signature pour is the noble-sweet Ruster Ausbruch, made from botrytised Furmint and Welschriesling grown on the Rust hillsides.