Red Wine "Zweigelt"

As the most widespread red wine variety in Austria - it finds favourable locations in all wine-growing regions - its spectrum ranges from wines that can be drunk young, matured without wood, to powerful growths from the barrique. The variety is also often used as a partner for cuvées. Great wines are vinified especially in Carnuntum and on Lake Neusiedl. The variety has low soil requirements, but requires intensive foliage work and yield regulation due to its good fertility. In case of potash deficiency, high yield load and a number of other stress factors (water and nutrient stress, waterlogging, unfavourable leaf/fruit ratio, extreme temperatures, etc.) the grapes wilt in the ripening phase. The complex of causes has not yet been sufficiently clarified and researched. Withered grapes cannot be processed into wine.