Krutzler Blaufrankisch Qualitatswein Trocken, Sudburgenland, Austria

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This firm red displays red plum and cherry flavors, with some herbal notes. Crisp finish. Drink now. Tasted twice, with consistent notes. 2,083 cases made.??–KM??Region: Austria / Burgenland / Südburgenland Select to Add

The Krutzler 2006 Blaufrankisch represents the fruit of young vines in various sites, matured in tank and older large barrels. A lovely scent of pure blackberry is laced with Szechuan pepper, wood smoke, and sweet peony-like floral perfume. Bright and slightly tart on the palate, this was surprisingly constricted, quite possibly as a result of having recently been bottled when I tasted it last summer, and from its relatively anaerobic vinification. It finishes with invigorating brightness of fruit and pungent pepper that point toward its intended employment at table over the next couple of years. I did not have a chance to visit last year with Reinhold Krutzler, about whose estate I wrote in more detail in issue 160. I wrote there that Krutzler curtailed single-vineyard bottlings in part “because any reputation that accrued to individual sites in Deutsch-Schutzen and neighboring Eisenberg is largely a distant memory.” That said, given the quality of Eisenberg wine in a very different style from Uwe Schiefer (see elsewhere in this report and in issue 177) and more recently emerging at Weninger (also covered in this report) Blaufrankisch from this sector straddling the Hungarian border in South Burgenland has moved closer to achieving not just the attention it deserves, but scrutiny of individual sites.Importer: Vin Divino, Chicago, IL; tel. (773) 334-6700

Red plum and raspberry flavors with a hint of game make this focused and structured. Crunchy finish of crushed red fruits. Drink now through 2008. 2,500 cases made.??–KM??Region: Austria / Burgenland / Südburgenland Select to Add

The 2003 Blaufrankisch was harvested a whole month earlier than the 2004 after a summer of searing heat, and not surprisingly exhibits a very different personality. More cooked black fruit is in evidence on the nose, in the mouth the wine is rounder and softer, yet there is still an attractive, salty sense of minerality as well as an iron-filing note complicating the fruit on the palate, and a solid finish. (The 2002 – without going into details since it is no longer for sale – was particularly well-balanced and had developed fine complexity.) Krutzler’s Reserve bottling, from 25 to 40 year-old vines, was in its 2001 edition floral, mineral, and very satisfyingly clear in fruit, whereas the 2003 – although matured in ovals and in older barriques, seemed overly woody to my palate, with the fruit and mineral flavors obscured. Importer: Vin Divino, Chicago, IL; tel. (773) 334-6700