Elegant in Burgenland

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.

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 · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

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

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

Single-vineyard Chardonnay from the Ried Steinriegel site, showing fine mineral tones.

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

Gesellmann's hochberc is a varietal Blaufränkisch described by the estate as showing great finesse.

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

Leo Hillinger's Terroir-tier Pinot Noir, silky with red-cherry fruit from cooler sites near Jois.

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 · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant

Single-vineyard Pinot Noir from the Ried Hochreit site, silky and elegant, part of Juris's cooler-site Pinot programme.

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

Gloria is Kollwentz's flagship Chardonnay, once named Austrian Wine of the Year, with spiced yellow-fruit aromas, a fine yeast note and a mineral, long finish from barrique ageing.

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

Single-vineyard Chardonnay from the Ried Tatschler site, textured and mineral, part of Kollwentz's premium white range.

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

Kollwentz's Dürr bottling of Pinot Noir, silky and elegant from a single vineyard near Großhöflein.

Dessert · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

Botrytis-affected Beerenauslese blend of Chardonnay and Welschriesling from the Neusiedlersee shore, golden and richly sweet with caramel and stone-fruit depth.

Dessert · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

Kracher's flagship Trockenbeerenauslese, deep goldenyellow with pronounced botrytis nuance and candied-orange depth, bottled in half and quarter formats.

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 · High acidity · Elegant

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

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

Chardonnay Sinner from Prieler shows pronounced quince and Williams pear with elegant mineral spice and a creamy mouthfeel.

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

Pinot Blanc from the Ried Seeberg site, bright gold with delicate pear fruit, orange zest and subtle herbal spice.

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

A dry Furmint from Heidi Schröck, mineral and textured, drawing on the same grape the estate uses for its Ausbruch dessert wines.

Dessert · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

Heidi Schröck's signature Ruster Ausbruch, a Furmint-based botrytis sweet wine with roughly 317 grams of residual sugar per litre.

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant

Single-vineyard Neuburger from the historic Ried Golden Erd site (documented since 1570), showing wonderful balance.

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

Trademarked single-site St. Laurent bottling (Vom Stein®) from Umathum, silky and spiced, one of the reference points for Austrian St. Laurent.

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

Ried Reihburg is one of Uwe Schiefer's two flagship single-vineyard Blaufränkisch bottlings from the Eisenberg DAC zone, structured with schist-driven minerality.

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

Ried Szapary is Uwe Schiefer's other flagship single-vineyard Blaufränkisch, structured and mineral from Eisenberg's schist soils.

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 · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

Old-vines Furmint from Weinbau Wenzel in Rust, a natural-wine specialist working almost exclusively with the grape behind Ruster Ausbruch.