Red

Reserve Pinot Noir

Markowitsch

Austria

Fact sheet

Type
Red
Grape
Pinot Noir
Country
Austria
Appellation
Carnuntum
Alcohol
13.1%
Body
medium
Acidity
high
Tannin
medium
Sweetness
dry

Food pairing

roast duck · lamb · grilled mushrooms · Brie cheese · pork ribs

Rated vintages

  • 2019

  • 2018

  • 2017

  • 2016

  • 2015

  • 2014

  • 201394 pts

    For now, very restrained oak dominates the nose. Wafts of soft smokiness create the impression of a cloud within which red fruit slumbers. This is youthful and comes with a smoky backbone of a structure—a beautiful faultline of fresh acidity. To appropriate a well-used metaphor,…

  • 201292 pts

    Sumptuous red cherry, wrapped in velvety structure, presents a ripe and rounded Pinot Noir with earthy, autumnal edges. It offers lovely balance and constant glimpses of red fruit, oaky spice and soft yet crunchy midpalate mouthfeel. This will benefit from holding 2016–2017 in b…

  • 201190 pts

    The vanilla and cookie-dough lick of toasty oak lends softness, warmth and spice to the red currant fruit of this slender, but elegant wine. Slightly more bottle age is needed for fruit and wood to marry completely, but it finishes with a wonderfully savory flourish of pepper an…

  • 2010