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Zweigelt is said to combine some of the best qualities of its parents: winter hardiness (resistance to frost), late bud-break, and early ripening. It does have a tendency to over-crop, leading to low quality if not corrected.
Zweigelt is also known as Rotburger (not to be confused with Rotberger), Klosterneuburg 71, Zweigeltrebe, and Blauer Zweigelt.
Because of the popularity of this grape in Austria, Zweigelt wine is very widespread there. It is also making inroads in the Canadian wine_regions of Ontario and British Columbia and there are limited plantings in HungaryThe Republic of Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. It is known locally as the Country of the Magyars or Magyarorszag''. Magyar Koztarsasag ( In Detail) ( Full s.
At its best, it combines the bite and fruity character of the Blaufränkisch grape and the body of the St. Laurent. When the crop load is high, however, the wine can be too dilute. Because of its fruity characteristics, it has been compared to the wines produced from the Gamay noir grape, like the red wines of BeaujolaisBeaujolais is a historical province and a wine-producing region in France. It is now part of the Burgundy region for administrative purposes. Wine The region is best known for Beaujolais nouveau (new Beaujolais), the result of a rapid fermentation process.
If the body of the wine is full, it can be age-worthy and serious, although most Zweigelt is drunk young.
Jancis Robinson , British wine writer and editor of The Oxford Companion to Wine , writes: "The export fortunes of the variety may, oddly enough, be hampered by its originator's uncompromisingly Germanic surname. If only he had been called Dr Pinot Noir." Grape varieties