Altough Austrian
whites enjoy more international
attention than our red wines, both share an equally
long tradition. Especially in the Burgenland region red wines have always been cultivated and the area
around Lake Neusiedl offers virtually ideal conditions for their growth. Even the very demanding
Cabernet
Sauvignon fits comfortable in our hot and dry
climate
and is able to yield phenomenal wines. Naturally we grow other internationally common grapes as well but
most
notably our traditional varieties like Zweigelt, Blaufränkisch and St. Laurent. Wines from these
typical
Austrian grapes are currently gaining more and more reputation and are already appreciated by wine
enthusiasts
from all over the world.
Within the last decades
Gols evolved from a mostly
white wine centric community into the greatest and most successfull red wine producing village of
Austria.
Therefore it's no suprise that we also grow red grapes in our winery and have a good selection of them
in about
half of our vinyards. All our reds are aged in big oakwood casks and selected wines get additional
Barrique
treatment in smaller new barrels. There they have time to develop their full flavour and become ready to
drink
before they are bottled and presented to the public for the first time. The oakwood supports this ageing
and
ripening process in a very favourable way and for us this is a very important aspect in the development
great
red wines where traditional methods can still be the way to go for reaching the highest quality
levels.
Our current red wine assortment:
