Wenzel Bankraften Blaufrankisch 2001
Thursday, February 01, 2007
In the realm of a red Zinfandel, Cabernet Franc or Malbec, Blaufrankisch is widely planted around Austria and is used to produce dry, fruity red wines with fine spices backed by blackberry and cherry aromas and tones of liquorice. Blaufrankisch buds early, ripens late, don‘t like the cold, and when it‘s unripe, it gets pretty vegetal. All that said, Blaufrakisch produces very tasty, lighter drinking reds whose firm tannins make it worthy of aging. A Blaufrankisch pairs great with BBQ.
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I broke into the Austrian wine this evening and decided to try something I have never heard of let alone pronounce. The grape is Blaufrankisch and as you can see from the description above, its a pretty light and fruity red. Upon first taste I was not too impressed, with it being in the basement it was also pretty cold. After a half hour the wine started to open. It has a great nose and some of that spice started to show thru. I will be interested to see how it holds up and will re-taste again tomorrow evening. I am not expecting knockout reds from Austria which is fine since the really good stuff are the Gruner Veltliners, Reislings and dessert wines. The TBA has been calling my name and I have been counting down the days until we open it.
Posted by mardenhill 2/01/2007 09:32:00 PM
Labels: Wine
