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
Weingut Krug has cultivated vineyards in the historic Lower Austrian village of Gumpoldskirchen since 1746. Located within the Thermenregion—traditionally regarded as the Burgundy of Austria due to its shared latitude and calcareous terroir—the estate oversees approximately 35 hectares of prime vines. Helmed by winemaker Gustav Krug alongside his family, the winery couples centuries-old heritage with modernized cellar facilities constructed amidst the vineyards in 1998. Viticulture focuses on near-natural, sustainable vineyard stewardship across loamy, limestone-rich soils warmed by Pannonian basin airflows. In the cellar, Krug favors meticulous fruit selection and controlled oak maturation. The producer is renowned both for regional benchmark white grapes—most notably indigenous Rotgipfler and Zierfandler—and for its cellar-aged reserves and cuvées such as Die Vollendung, Die Versuchung, and single-vineyard bottlings from Ried Rasslerin. Krug crafts wines distinguished by structural richness, concentrated aromatics, and prolonged aging potential.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Zierfandler
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13.5-14.5%