Weingut Franz Taferner Rubin Carnuntum

Still quite young but very promising. My first experience with this producer, and definitely won't be the last. The winery is located in the village Göttlesbrunn, the heart of the Carnuntum winegrowing region (Niederösterreich). This is a hundred percent Zweigelt wine (an Austrian crossing of Blaufränkisch and Sankt Laurent, created by Dr. Friedrich Zweigelt in 1922 at the Wine Institute of Klosterneuburg), sourced from the loess-loam soils of the ‘Kräften’ vineyard. Maturation: the wine has been aged for then months …