The Saalfelden International Jazz Festival presents the 2017 jazz wines

Wednesday, 10.05.2017

The Saalfelden International Jazz Festival's recipe for success is not just contemporary jazz and experimental musicians. One of the annual highlights is also the two particularly good wines from Austrian cellars, which have been carefully selected for ten years now.

It is well known that wine enjoyment has to be learned - which is why the members of the "Club of Friends of the Saalfelden Jazz Festival" take on the honourable task of selecting the right wines every year. At this year's annual general meeting on 9 May 2017 at the well-known sommelier Georg Fürstauer from "Weinkistl", the passionate jazz listeners tasted their way through the finest wines Austria has to offer. A total of twelve wines (6 white wines and 6 red wines) were available to choose from, with the 2016 Roter Veltliner and the 2015 Zweigelt - Heideboden winning out over the strong competition.

Every enthusiastic wine connoisseur has the opportunity to become a member and benefit from a variety of advantages, such as ticket discounts, numerous invitations to special events, advance information and much more. If you are interested in becoming a member, please contact office@jazzsaalfelden.com

We are pleased to present the 2017 wines to you:

2016 Roter Veltliner - Ried Rosenberg
Winery Bründy - Rudolf Bründlmayer
in Feuersbrunn, Wagram, Lower Austria

12,5 % vol. alcohol
optimum drinking temperature 10 ° Celsius

sparkling light straw yellow colour

fruity bouquet of ripe stone fruit - red
red pears and red apples,
a hint of sultanas and pears

fruity and youthful wine body of ripe
ripe pears and dried stone fruit with a pleasant
pleasant fruit sweetness, ripe flavours with
mild acidity, animating to drink and round on the palate

Short to medium length on the finish
matured dry in steel tanks

2015 Zweigelt - Heideboden
Winery Gernot Leitner
in Gols, Lake Neusiedl, Burgenland

13 % vol. alcohol
optimum drinking temperature 17 ° Celsius

Purple-red colour with strong violet edges

fruity bouquet of ripe and fresh black
black cherries and morello cherries, fine and
floral notes, strong roasted flavour - a
a hint of espresso and cocoa

Very fruity on the palate of ripe and
dark cherries and dried morellos,
high fruit sweetness, powerful and full-bodied with
soft tannins and accompanying roasted and
and wood notes, youthful with fully ripe fruit
fruit fullness

Medium length on the finish
matured dry in large wooden barrels