Zierfandler Grande Reserve
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted pork belly, creamy veal dishes, spicy Asian cuisine
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the historic market town of Gumpoldskirchen in Austria's Thermenregion, Weingut Krug has been crafting exceptional wines since 1746. The Zierfandler Grande Reserve is a tribute to one of the region's most legendary and rare indigenous grape varieties, locally known as Spätrot due to the reddish hue the grapes develop as they ripen in the late autumn sun. Sourced from premium, sun-drenched vineyard sites characterized by heavy loam and limestone soils, this wine undergoes traditional fermentation and extended aging in oak casks. The result is a powerful, deeply textured wine that masterfully balances opulent notes of dried apricots, honey, and toasted nuts with a vibrant, mineral-driven acidity that is characteristic of the finest Gumpoldskirchen whites.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1843 by Joseph Krug in Reims, the House of Krug is one of the most revered and uncompromising prestige Champagne producers in the world. Driven by its founder's pioneering philosophy to craft the absolute fullest expression of Champagne each year regardless of climatic variations, the house treats each vineyard plot as an individual element in its masterful blending process. Krug vinifies its base wines in traditional small oak barrels and relies on an extensive library of reserve wines spanning more than a dozen distinct vintages. The resulting portfolio is legendary for its richness, complexity, and extraordinary aging potential, highlighted by the flagship Krug Grande Cuvée, prestigious vintage bottlings, and rare single-vineyard masterpieces such as Clos du Mesnil and Clos d'Ambonnay.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Zierfandler
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13.5-14.5%