white grape · rare
Neuburger
Wachau, Austria
Say it
noy·bur·ger
German 'eu' makes an 'oy' diphthong; the final 'g' is a hard stop, not the soft English 'j' sound in 'hamburger'
On the palate
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How you spot it blind: soft stone fruit anchored by a warm hazelnut nuttiness that builds with age
The story
First written down · 1870, Oberarnsdorf, Wachau, Austria
DNA profiling confirmed parentage as Roter Veltliner × Silvaner; regional records document the first planting at Oberarnsdorf in the Wachau in 1870, after cuttings reportedly washed ashore on the Danube.
Family tree: Veltliner Rot × Silvaner
Where it lives
Wachau · Thermenregion · Leithaberg
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