Grape
Blaufränkisch in Carnuntum
25 producers in Carnuntum make Blaufränkisch that has been rated, and for 15 of them it is the leading grape. The villages with the most producers are Göttlesbrunn (7), Höflein (4), Stixneusiedl (4), Prellenkirchen (2), Petronell-Carnuntum (2).
Blaufränkisch covers about 12% of Carnuntum’s vineyards (97 hectares, ÖWM), and its centre is the Spitzerberg in the east, near Prellenkirchen. With Zweigelt it is one of the two red grapes of Carnuntum DAC; red blends may contain up to a third of other red grapes such as St. Laurent, Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot.
| Producer | Village | Falstaff | Main grapes | Farming | Visits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weingut Artner | Höflein | ★★★★★ | Chardonnay, Blaufränkisch, Zweigelt | Organic | Yes |
| Bio-Weingut Robert Payr | Höflein | ★★★★★ | Blaufränkisch, Zweigelt | Organic | Yes |
| Weingut Glatzer | Göttlesbrunn | ★★★★★ | Blaufränkisch, St. Laurent, Zweigelt | Organic | Yes |
| Weingut Johannes Trapl | Stixneusiedl | ★★★★★ | Blaufränkisch, Syrah, St. Laurent | Organic | Yes |
| Meinrad Markowitsch | Göttlesbrunn | ★★★★★ | Blaufränkisch, Chardonnay | Conventional | Yes |
| Weingut Lukas Markowitsch | Göttlesbrunn | ★★★★★ | Zweigelt, Chardonnay, Merlot | Conventional | Yes |
| Weingut Andreas Muhr | Stixneusiedl | ★★★★★ | Zweigelt, Blaufränkisch, Chardonnay | Organic | Yes |
| Weingut Martin Netzl | Göttlesbrunn | ★★★★★ | Blaufränkisch, Zweigelt | Converting to organic | Yes |
| Nepomukhof | Göttlesbrunn | ★★★★★ | Zweigelt, Blaufränkisch, Merlot | Organic | Yes |
| Michaela Riedmüller Weine | Hainburg an der Donau | ★★★★★ | Blaufränkisch, Grüner Veltliner, Zweigelt | Yes | |
| Weingut Dorli Muhr | Prellenkirchen | Blaufränkisch, Syrah | Organic | Yes | |
| PUR Wein-Genuss | Stixneusiedl | Grüner Veltliner, Blaufränkisch, Riesling | |||
| Weingut Michael Auer | Höflein | Zweigelt, Blaufränkisch, Syrah | Conventional | Yes | |
| Weingut Josef Pimpel | Petronell-Carnuntum | Blaufränkisch, Zweigelt, Merlot | Yes | ||
| Weingut Klemens und Horst Pelzmann | Berg | Blaufränkisch | Conventional | Yes | |
| Weingut Dietrich | Petronell-Carnuntum | Zweigelt, Blaufränkisch, Grüner Veltliner | Yes | ||
| Weingut Thomas & Michaela Perger | Bad Deutsch-Altenburg | Blaufränkisch, Merlot | Conventional | Yes | |
| Weinbau Dietrich | Prellenkirchen | Blaufränkisch, Zweigelt | Conventional | Yes | |
| Weingut Schenzel-Wallner | Bruck an der Leitha | Blaufränkisch, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay | Yes | ||
| Weingut Familie Wiederstein | Göttlesbrunn | Blaufränkisch, Pinot Noir, Zweigelt | Yes | ||
| Weingut Hirschmann | Höflein | Zweigelt, Blaufränkisch | Yes | ||
| Weingut Lugschitz | Hundsheim | Blaufränkisch, Syrah | Yes | ||
| Weingut Seidl | Bruck an der Leitha | Chardonnay, Blaufränkisch, St. Laurent | |||
| Weingut Emmerich Muhr | Stixneusiedl | Zweigelt, Cabernet Sauvignon, Blaufränkisch | Yes | ||
| Weinbau MP Pimpel | Göttlesbrunn | Blaufränkisch, Zweigelt, Pinot Noir | Conventional | Yes |
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