2020 and 2021 Carnuntum ÖTW Erste Lage Red Wines from Ried Haldacker, Ried Kirchweingarten, Ried Rosenberg, Ried Spitzerberg-Kranzen, Ried Spitzerberg Obere Rotard, Ried Spitzerberg-Obere Spitzer, Ried Steinäcker from Artner, Dietrich, Muhr, Netzl, Pimpel, Pitnauer

 

We turn now to Carnuntum. In the past, it has been known for easy-drinking red wines, but it is now trying to move up the quality scale. Blaufränkisch seems to be the grape of the future in this area that is south and southeast of Vienna.  


I tasted thirty-five wines from  2020 and 2019. I reproduce only my notes on the better wines; as for the rest, they ranged from not especially interesting to seriously flawed. Unfortunately, we did not have any wine from Trapl or Markowitsch, both producers of high reputation. (Continue reading here.)