Willi Opitz Blood Moon Red

(37.5cl Half bottle) ABV 9%

Country: Austria             Grapes: Zweigelt, Merlot, Blaufrankisch

Style: Very Rich Red Dessert Wine

Tasting note:  Red Schilfwein (Schilfwein a process of drying grapes on reed mats invented by Willi Opitz in Illmitz).  Medium amber, orange colour, tobacco & spicy red berry confit, oranges & subtle wood notes. Spicy-smoky, fine roasted aromas with honey on the finish with fine red-berry nuances. 

Food Matches: Serve with selection of Cheeses

Blut Moon (named because as dawn was breaking 21.01.2019 (the moment of the total lunar eclipse) – Willi Opitz was working pressing the harvested grapes under the glow of the Blood Moon in his winery beside Lake Neusiedler, Illmitz, Burgenland