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Weingut Paul Lehrner

Eccentric and with graying hair, Paul Lehrner is an institution in Mittelburgenland. Not only is he a prolific speaker, he also pushes the strong local accent to its limit. More importantly, though, he has focused his efforts on Blaufränkisch, the local cause as a grape variety. “Yeah,” he told me, “I also have 10% Zweigelt, but only because in some of our heavy, loamy soils little else will thrive.”

His first own vintage after returning home was 1990. At that time, the estate had eight hectares of vineyard. Today, he has 27 and produces 140,000 bottles a year. His son Claus has now decided to become a teacher, which opens questions about the future of the estate. But he's not worried. "The future is tomorrow. Let us worry first about today.”

From Austria 2013 (Sep 2015) by Joel B. Payne

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2012 Zweigelt Claus

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