2013 Pittnauer Pitti

Pittnauer

Austria / Burgenland / Pittnauer

Pittnauer Pitti is a blend of Blaufränkisch and Zweigelt. It is medium bodied in weight with a plush texture, lovely floral notes, spice and savoury notes. There’s plenty of generous fruit flavour all balanced with a pleasant tannin grip and bright acid balance.

April, 2015

Gary Walsh

The Wine Front

90 points

Altogether interesting and good to drink. It’s spicy and a bit smoky, raspberry and blackcurrant, with a discreet almost choc-licorice sweetness and a smattering of dried herbs. Light to medium bodied with a pleasant tinny acidity and gentle rasp of tannin. Kind of Barbera meets Pinot Noir in terms of weight and mashup of flavour, though very much its own thing. Some may find it a little wild and gamey, though I reckon’ that’s just more in-built complexity for a wine that’s made to be guzzled young.

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About Pittnauer

It's 20-odd years since Gerhard and Brigitte Pittnauer took over the winery in Gols near Lake Neusiedl in Burgenland, bordering Hungary at the eastern edge of Austria. Over that time they've pushed the boundaries of Austrian red winemaking, in particular with St Laurent and Zweigelt. But then there's the Blaufränkisch and - have you ever tried Burgenland Pinot Noir? You must. In 2001 the construction of the fittingly striking production hall in the middle of the vineyards allowed for a quantum jump in quality and quantity.

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Pittnauer's wines are elegant, structured, complex and beautifully drinkable - qualities that were highlighted when Gerhard was named 2014 Winemaker of the Year by Falstaff magazine. This, the highest accolade in Austrian wine, shows just how far the Pittnauers have come. It also goes some way to showing what a fiercely gifted individual we have on our hands. But then everything -from the Pitti blend, through the vivid addition-free wines and right up to the devastatingly good single vineyards - will pretty much tell you the same thing.