Although I had met the wines from Weingut Sitzius through the local agent, the Cuvee Sitzius was something that I was going to seek out at this year's Wine Fair due to its curious cepage - Acolon, Cabernet Dorsa and Dunkelfelder. Of the three, I had only tasted Cabernet Dorsa, from a Swiss wine carried as it happened by the Sitzius importer. Acolon was created in 1971 by crossing Blaufrankisch with Dornfelder, whilst Dunkelfleder (though it was bred in the 1930s) has a slightly confused parentage - Wikipedia quoted VIVC (from 2008 though) as a cross between probably Farbertraube and Blauer Portugieser but now VIVC records the parentage of the grape as Madeleine Angevine with a teinturier grape.
Enough about the parentage of obscure grapes, what about the wine? The wine was a ruby colour with a slightly fruity acid nose. The palate was sweet with red fruit notes and acid, well supported by an acid backbone.
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