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Somewhat herbal, delicately floral and also a little woody-spicy aroma of partly pickled mixed berries and cherries. Ripe, again partly pickled fruit, toasty and smoky wood, some drying tannin, slight acid bite, peppery-spicy tones, a little schnapps on the palate, good finish with chocolaty tones and slightly drying tannin.
Synonym (also Blaue Zweigeltrebe) for the grape variety Zweigelt; see there.
Germany, or rather the area that is now part of it, has a wine culture that is over two thousand years old. But even before that, imported wine was drunk, as evidenced by a Greek clay wine bottle...
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