{"id":5141,"date":"2019-02-04T23:13:59","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T05:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecorkscrewconcierge.com\/?p=5141"},"modified":"2019-02-04T23:14:01","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T05:14:01","slug":"burgenland-weingut-markus-altenburger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecorkscrewconcierge.com\/2019\/02\/burgenland-weingut-markus-altenburger\/","title":{"rendered":"Burgenland Winetasting – Winegut Markus Altenburger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Leithaberg exemplified certainly describes a visit at Weingut Markus Altenburger<\/a>. And Markus Altenburger is the perfect person to tell you all about it. The Leithaberg DAC<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> is a subregion of Burgenland and one of the oldest winegrowing zones in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n The region\u2019s wines are influenced by the very shallow, warm Lake Neusiedl which aids in ripening, the slopes of the Leitha Mountains that provide a cooling effect for great diurnal range, and the holy grail of soils dominated by slate<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> also called \u201cLeithakalk\u201d and limestone.<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> This results in wines that are vibrant and concentrated with pronounced mineral characteristics. The soils in the region vary every 100m or so which results in a great deal of variation and many single vineyard wines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n