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Blauer Wildbacher

Blauer Wildbacher wine guide: what this red grape tastes like, where it comes from, the regions that grow it, and what to eat with it.

Colour
Red
Body
Medium
Origin
Austria
Top region
Weststeiermark
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Key regions
3
Pairings

Blauer Wildbacher is a red grape variety, with its roots in Steiermark, Austria.

The wines show medium body, low tannin, high acidity, dry and medium alcohol.

The tasting note runs to crushed red berries and grassy notes.

It is planted most seriously in Weststeiermark and Veneto.

In the vineyard it is marked by very late ripening.

At the table it suits light oily fish dishes, salmon and horseradish blinis and seafood paella.

The structure.

Body
Medium
Tannin
Low
Acidity
High
Sweetness
Dry
Alcohol
Medium
Flavours
crushed red berriesgrassy notes
Styles
dry redrosé

Where it grows.

Food pairings.

01 light oily fish dishes
02 salmon and horseradish blinis
03 seafood paella

Bottles to look for.

  • Adolf & Heinrich Fuchs Schilcher Rose, Steiermark, Austria
  • Col Sandago 'Dagoberthus' Passito Rosso Veneto IGT, Italy
  • Col Sandago Wildbacher Colli Trevigiani IGT, Veneto, Italy
  • Col Sandago Wildbacher Rose Brut, Veneto, Italy
  • Collalto Wildbacher Colli Trevigiani IGT, Veneto, Italy
  • Jobstl Ried Krass Schilcher Rose, Weststeiermark, Austria
  • Langmann Schilcher Frizzante Rose, Weststeiermark, Austria
  • Langmann Schilcher Hochgrail Rose, Weststeiermark, Austria

Blauer Wildbacher: common questions

01.
What does Blauer Wildbacher taste like?
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Blauer Wildbacher tastes of crushed red berries and grassy notes. The wines show medium body, low tannin, high acidity, dry and medium alcohol.
02.
Where is Blauer Wildbacher from?
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Blauer Wildbacher originates in Steiermark, Austria.
03.
Where is Blauer Wildbacher grown?
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The key regions for Blauer Wildbacher are Weststeiermark and Veneto.
04.
What food pairs with Blauer Wildbacher?
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Pour it with light oily fish dishes, salmon and horseradish blinis and seafood paella.

Keep going: the A to Z grape index, or the wine regions of Austria.

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