Biodynamic in Burgenland

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold

Single-vineyard Blaufränkisch from Paul Achs's Ried Altenberg site, certified bio respekt, powerful and multi-layered with fine tannin and Muschelkalk minerality on a compact, taut palate.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold

Single-vineyard Blaufränkisch from the Ried Ungerberg site, concentrated and spiced, part of Paul Achs's Lagen range.

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

Old-vines Chardonnay from Paul Achs, textured and mineral, described by the estate as showing fine, mineral elegance from calcareous soils.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant

Single-vineyard Pinot Noir from the Ried Gabarinza site, silky and elegant with red-cherry and earthy notes.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Easygoing

Paul Achs's varietal St. Laurent, soft and juicy with red-cherry fruit, an easy-drinking organic red.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Savoury

Old-vines Zweigelt from Paul Achs, juicy yet structured, farmed under the strict bio respekt scheme.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Funky

Beck's Bambule! line is a juicy, low-intervention natural-wine range; the Zweigelt Bambule! is light, fruity and made for easy drinking.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Savoury

Judith Beck's estate Blaufränkisch, fresh and mineral, farmed biodynamically in Gols.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold

Judith Beck's Pannobile bottling, carrying the producer group's shared designation for reds from indigenous varieties.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Savoury

Estate Zweigelt from biodynamic producer Judith Beck in Gols, savoury and spiced in the estate's low-intervention style.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold

Bertholdi, styled as the family's grandfather figure, is Gut Oggau's dense Blaufränkisch red with grainy, mineral structure.

Dessert · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

Feiler-Artinger's top Ruster Ausbruch DAC Essenz, intensely botrytised with dried apricot and honey, aged in new oak for biscuit and vanilla depth. Awarded a Falstaff Süsswein Trophy.

Dessert · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Savoury

An entry-tier Ruster Ausbruch DAC Pinot cuvee from Feiler-Artinger, an accessible introduction to Rust's botrytis wines.

Dessert · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

A Weissburgunder-based Ruster Ausbruch DAC from Feiler-Artinger, honeyed with dried-fruit botrytis character.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold

Single-vineyard Blaufränkisch from the Alter Berg site, one of Gernot & Heike Heinrich's flagship Ried bottlings from the Gols/Leithaberg area.

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

Leithaberg DAC Chardonnay from Gernot & Heike Heinrich, grown on limestone soils that give it a mineral, textured white-wine style.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold

Gabarinza is Gernot & Heike Heinrich's Bordeaux-leaning blend of Blaufränkisch with Zweigelt, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Funky

Naked Orange is Gernot & Heike Heinrich's skin-contact Grauburgunder, textured and savoury with dried-apricot and orange-peel character.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold

Heinrich's Pannobile bottling follows the group's charter, which requires member wines to be made from indigenous varieties; Blaufränkisch-led with Zweigelt.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative

Salzberg is one of Gernot & Heike Heinrich's top single-vineyard Blaufränkisch bottlings, dense and built for long cellaring.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant

Josephine is a floral, cherry-scented red from Gut Oggau's illustrated family of biodynamic wines, fresh and pure on the palate.

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

Mechthild is Gut Oggau's linear, pure Grüner Veltliner, part of the estate's premium illustrated-label range.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Rustic

Meinklang's biodynamic estate Blaufränkisch from Pamhagen, fresh and earthy in the farm's low-intervention style.

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Rustic

A site-specific Pinot Gris from Meinklang's Graupert parcel, textured with ripe pear and a spiced edge.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Savoury

Meinklang's Graupert bottling is a more structured, site-specific Zweigelt from the estate's biodynamic vineyards.

Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing

Prosa is Meinklang's lightly sparkling biodynamic rosé, steel-tank fermented, fresh and light with berry fruit and a fine herbal note.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Savoury

Nittnaus's Leithaberg DAC Blaufränkisch, grown on the limestone-and-schist soils that define the appellation's mineral, savoury red-wine style.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold

Comondor is Nittnaus's flagship red blend of Merlot, Blaufränkisch and Zweigelt, structured for the cellar.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Rustic

Nittnaus's Heideboden bottling is a Blaufränkisch-Zweigelt red from the sandy Heideboden plain east of the Neusiedlersee, juicy with a spiced edge.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold

Pittnauer's Altenberg Reserve is a Merlot, Blaufränkisch and Cabernet Sauvignon blend from the Altenberg site in Gols, muscular and structured with blueberry, pepper, leather and dark-cherry character.

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury

Mash Pitt is Weingut Pittnauer's skin-contact orange blend of Chardonnay, Grüner Veltliner and Sauvignon Blanc from Gols, muscular and precise with ripe grapefruit, green tea and yellow-fruit character.

Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Funky · Refreshing

Pittnauer's Pitt Nat Rosé is an ancestral-method pet-nat made from St. Laurent, frothy and tart in the estate's natural-wine style.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold

Attila is Claus Preisinger's premium red blend, concentrated and spiced, a step above the estate's Fruitloops and Paradigma tiers.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold

Bonsai is a Demeter-certified biodynamic red from Claus Preisinger, structured and built on Blaufränkisch.

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing

Erdeluftgras is Claus Preisinger's single-vineyard Grüner Veltliner, a biodynamically farmed expression of the Gols terroir.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant

Thousand Windmills is Claus Preisinger's varietal Pinot Noir, silky and biodynamically farmed on the windswept Gols plain.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Fruity

Puszta Libre is Claus Preisinger's bestselling juicy red blend, credited with popularising a lighter, chillable style of Austrian red.

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Fruity

Theodora, one of Gut Oggau's illustrated character wines, blends Grüner Veltliner and Weissburgunder into a textured, appley, herb-tinged white.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Rustic

Frettner is Weninger's Cabernet Franc from a loamy, forest-edge site in Sopron (Hungary), what the estate calls its most authentic expression of the site.

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing

Weninger's Furmint vom Kalk is grown on limestone in Ritzing, golden-yellow and vital with mandarin, bergamot and chamomile notes.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Savoury

Hoch is Weninger's single-vineyard Blaufränkisch from the Hochäcker site in Horitschon, showing red-berry fruit with cherry, spice and tobacco notes.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold

Kirch is Weninger's Blaufränkisch from the Kirchholz site, fruitier and bolder than Hoch, sourced from sixty-year-old vines.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury

Weninger's Steiner bottling is the Hungarian-side (Sopron) expression of Blaufränkisch, called Kékfrankos, from rocky soil that absorbs heat and gives a spicy character.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant

Say is Weninger's Blaufränkisch from the Saybritz site in Eisenberg, playful and finely woven with spiced plum and sour cherry, showing the schist soil's character.

Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Fruity · Refreshing

Winifred is Gut Oggau's pale pink, lively rosé blend of Blaufränkisch and Zweigelt with sweet apple fruit and good texture.