Glossary

Refers to the bright and brilliant colour of wine.

This is a wine fault if unripe grapes are infected. If the grapes have reached physiological ripeness, this is the prerequisite for nobly sweet wine, such as Beerenauslese, Ausbruch and Trockenbeerenauslese.

The closure of the oak barrel, which is made of either wood, silicon or glass.

Generic winegrowing region in the eastern part of Austria.

Shape of the typical Burgundy wine bottle. This bottle form originates from Burgundy, where it is the most common shape. It is popular in Austria for Pinot varieties.

Wine tasting term describing the butter-like or creamy texture of a wine.

Cabernet Sauvignon is an old Bordeaux variety, that took Austria by storm in the 1980s. If not fully ripe, the wines display unripe notes of green pepper, stinging nettle and cassis, yet with fully mature grapes, the results are of more spice and chocolate. The variety always has notable, gripping tannins and are usually aged in small oak barrels. Most Cabernet Sauvignon is blended with Merlot or Blaufränkisch, or other red wine varieties.

The type of soil was once on the shores of the primordial ocean. In Austria, calcareous soils are found on the Nussberg in Vienna, as well as in the Thermenregion, on the Leithaberg and in certain sites in the Südsteiermark, and give white wines mineral notes.

A glass bottle that comes in different bulbous forms, and is used in serving, aerating and decanting wine.