Red wine · Niederösterreich · Selection line
Zweigelt selection 2021
GoldLower Austria State Wine Awards
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- Grape variety
- Zweigelt
- Alcohol
- 13.1 % Vol.
- Residual sugar
- 1.1 g/ldry
- Acidity
- 5.1 g/l
How it tastes
Sweetness1.1 g/l · dry
Body13.1 % Vol.
Acidity5.1 g/l
Vintage 2021
The Zweigelt selection 2021 is gone, not a bottle is left at the estate. It was dry, and the batch ran to 2.000 litres. Across Austria around 2,46 million hectolitres were harvested in 2021, with the Thermenregion down 6 % on 2020.
The Zweigelt selection 2021 is gone, not a bottle is left at the estate. It was dry, and the batch ran to 2.000 litres. Across Austria around 2,46 million hectolitres were harvested in 2021, with the Thermenregion down 6 % on 2020.
Certificates
Values
Ripeness at harvest 20 °KMW
Ripeness at harvest 20 °KMW
- Origin
- Niederösterreich
- Ripeness at harvest
- 20 °KMW
- Sulphur
- 41/75 mg/l (free / total)
- Alcohol
- 13.1 % Vol.
- Residual sugar
- 1.1 g/l
- Acidity
- 5.1 g/l
- Inspection number
- N 20781/22
Winemaking · Selection line
From the harvested grapes to the bottle.
From the harvested grapes to the bottle.
The 2021 harvest
The must for Zweigelt selection 2021 measured 20 °KMW: the Klosterneuburg must scale shows how much sugar is in the grape juice, one degree being roughly one per cent.
What the figures say
Zweigelt selection 2021 has 13.1 % vol. alcohol, 1.1 g/l residual sugar and 5.1 g/l acidity. It is made in a dry style, which under wine law means no more than 4 g/l residual sugar, or up to 9 g/l if the acidity is at most 2 g/l lower.
The sugar-free extract of Zweigelt selection 2021 is 25.5 g/l: everything dissolved in the wine apart from water, alcohol and sugar, such as minerals, acids and tannins. In the laboratory, it showed 41 mg/l free and 75 mg/l total sulphur. It received the official inspection number N 20781/22 after being analysed in the laboratory and tasted by an official panel.
The Selection line
Zweigelt selection 2021 belongs to our Selection line, which is allowed to mature longer than Classic. It spends twelve months in used wooden barrels after fermentation.
Other vintages
Besides 2021, there are also the 2022, 2023 and 2025 vintages of Zweigelt selection. The overview lists vineyard, harvest and status.