Weigut Huber, Traisental, Austria
Oak 4 & 5 / Body 5 / Sweetness 0
Pronounce “tzvi-gelt”
Winner of 10 Golds in 2008*
Austria’s most widely planted red is a cross between
St. Laurent and Blaufrankisch. It has gained favor because of its appealing fruit and spice character, likened to a
Cotes-Du- Rhône. It is also cold hardy and early ripening – important traits in the cool Austrian vineyards.
Cellar Craft's Zweigelt comes from the Huber family estate which is now being farmed by the 9th generation. Their Zweigelt produces dark, dense wine without excessive weight. Dark cherry in colour. An opulent bouquet of red fruit, including raspberry, cherry and currant, stands against a background of vanilla, black pepper and a hint of licorice. There is also a certain earthiness on the nose that provides a compelling counter-balance to the lively fruit and spice. The flavors echo the cherry, currant and earthy aromatics. The initially rustic tannins quickly mellow into a nicely structured state and contribute to a nice, long finish.
This Zweigelt is a great food wine. It is the wine of choice for Austrian favorites like garlicky pork, cabbage and apples and braised shanks or ribs. A spicy, fruit-driven wine with moderate tannins that is a welcome alternative to universally produced Cabernet,Merlot and Syrah. A wine that you will want to discover.
CRUSHED GRAPE PACKS Cellar Craft uses over 12 pounds of virgin, varietal grapes to produce “Crushed Grape Packs” for true, on-the-skins fermentation in its Showcase reds. All of the natural skins and solids from variety-specific grapes are captured for extra extraction of aromatics, flavor, tannin, colour and body during the fermentation stage. The finished wine shows character never before possible from a kit. Truly a quality breakthrough! Available in 16 varieties!!
Each kit is in the 18L format. Produces 6 gallons of wine.
CELLARCRAFT WINE LEGEND Oak
0 – Unoaked
1 – American Toasted
2 – American Untoasted
3 – French
4 – Hungarian Shavings
5 – Hungarian Oak Cubes
6 – Acacia Wood Cubes
7 – Hungarian medium toasted cubes
8 – Hungarian natural oak shavings
Body
1 – Light
2 – Light/Medium
3 – Medium
4 – Full
5 – Very Full
Sweetness
0 – Dry
1 – Off Dry (230mL flavour reserve)
2 – Sweet (470mL flavour reserve)
6 – Very Sweet (2.0L flavour reserve)
10 – Dessert Wine
Please note that this is a special order item and may take up to 4 weeks for delivery.
