Zweigelt Judith Beck 2018

Zweigelt Judith Beck, organic wine, fresh, medium bodied, bursting with summer fruits and an underlying chocolate richness. Zweigelt is a cross between Blaufrankisch and St Laurent, it is quite vigorous and often needs green harvesting to keep yields down. These vines produce 50 hectolitres/hectare so pretty low. This fruit is handpicked, destemmed, followed by natural fermentation in stainless steel and about 2 weeks of maceration. Then it is pressed and aged in old barrels. A lovely fruit driven red wine for any circumstances, drink up!

Winery Judith Beck is a 15 hectare estate in Gols in Austria's Burgenland which has been farming biodynamically since 2007, aiming to respect the environment and produce the best quality grapes, using native Austrian varieties. Judith Beck herself studied abroad at places like Cos d'Estournel in Bordeaux and Errazuriz in Chile but returned home to take over from her father and move the winery in the direction of natural winemaking. They encourage the formation of humus as a basis of healthy soils, using their own natural composts and cultivating grass between the rows. Herbal remedies are also used and the vines are maintained under the rhythms of the moon. In order to produce authentic wines, they also avoid inoculated yeasts of any kind, and minimise sulphur, fining or filtration, with her Bambule! range epitomising this philosophy. These are sentiments and ideas we like at Buon Vino and the wines are really delicious, fresh and also great value for money, from an up and coming area that is producing some really excellent produce.