Berganland, Austria

The 2nd vintage of Stefan's highly sought after Rose. Organically farmed Blaufrankisch from a cool vineyard site. Some clusters were left intact and whole, some were partly destemmed before being put in a semi closed container for a slow and cool native yeast fermentation that lasted into November. The juice was moved by gravity into 1200 liter used Austrian barrels and allowed to age without intervention, stirring or additives. Bottled in February. It is a phenolic, lightly spiced Rose with enough structure to make it a fabulous food accompaniment.