# Christina Kühlbar Chillable Red (2025)

- **Producer:** Christina Netzl
- **Colour:** red
- **Type:** still
- **Grapes:** Zweigelt
- **Region:** Niederösterreich, Austria
- **Style:** Natural
- **Alcohol:** 13.5%
- **Average price:** €18
- **Vegan:** Yes
- **Contains sulphites:** Yes
- **When to drink:** Now
- **Serving temperature:** 4–6 °C
- **Aromas & flavours:** cherry, raspberry, strawberry, redcurrant, violet

## About this wine

Produced by Christina Netzl in Göttlesbrunn, Carnuntum, Austria, Christina Kühlbar Chillable Red is a low-intervention natural red wine crafted specifically to be served well-chilled. The Netzl family has farmed land in Göttlesbrunn since 1650. Christina converted the family estate to certified organic viticulture in 2013 and launched her signature line of vibrant natural wines. The 'Kühlbar' label features beneficial insects that inhabit the organic vineyards, celebrating biodiversity and natural pest management.

## Interesting facts

- The name 'Kühlbar' translates directly to 'chillable' in German, signaling its ideal serving style.
- The label artwork features beneficial insects living in the estate's certified organic vineyards.
- Winemaker Christina Netzl grew up on the family farm and decided to become a winemaker at age five.

## Food pairing

As a light-bodied, chillable natural red wine with soft tannins and vibrant acidity, this wine excels alongside summer foods, grilled white meats, cured items, and fresh cheeses. Serving it well-chilled enhances its crisp berry fruitiness while ensuring it stays light and refreshing on the palate.

## Wine making process

Grapes are hand-harvested from estate vineyards with loess and red gravel soils. The winemaking blends direct-pressed juice with crushed grapes undergoing a brief four-day skin maceration. Spontaneous fermentation occurs in stainless steel tanks using native yeasts at cool temperatures. The wine undergoes natural malolactic fermentation and ages on fine lees in stainless steel tanks for up to six months before being bottled unfined and unfiltered with a minimal addition of sulfur dioxide.