TN: Salzl Seewinkelhof Pannoterra '08...(short/boring)

WINE TALK
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Shared Red w/ Robert & Herta in the Heuriger (9/24/16):

  1. Salzl Seewinkelhof Pannoterra (Barrique; 13.5%; www.Salzl.At; trocken; Zweigelt/Merlot/CabSauv) Illmitz/Burgenland
    2008    : Very dark color w/ light bricking; very strong boysenberry/blackberry/licorice some smokey/toasty/oak bit
    earthy/loamy fairly complex nose; soft rich/lush very strong boysenberry/black cherry cola/licorice some pungent/
    toasty/charred/oak some loamy/earthy complex flavor w/ light ripe/bit bitey tannins; very long boysenberry/black
    cherry/licorice some charred/toasty/oak earthy/loamy rather complex finish w/ light ripe tannins; one of the best
    mature Zweigelts I’ve had despite the Merlot therein; reminds a lot of an oaked ContraCosta Mourv.

A wee BloodyPulpit:

  1. Best I can tell, this producer is not imported into the US. Ordered off the Dorfschenke Heuriger wine list.
    Robert & Herta’s facorite heuriger. Making wine since 1467. I’ve not followed them from the very start.
    Tom
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I thank you for the peek at an unusual (to me - CoCo Merlot?) wine, Tom!

Why is the wine identified as a “trocken”?

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That’s the convention in Austria (and Germany) when the wine is totally dry, Drew.
Tom