Gut Oggau Winifred Rose 2024 750ml

Gut Oggau is the project of Eduard and Stephanie Tscheppe in Austria’s Burgenland region. Eduard is from the Steiermark where he grew up making wine with his family. Stephanie grew up in the Burgenland where her family ran a Michelin rated restaurant. The couple brought Biodynamic farming to the small Burgenland town of Oggau in 2007 when they took over and restored an abandoned 17th century winery nearby Lake Neusiedler. ‘Winifred’ is a rose made from a blend of Blaufrankisch and Zweigelt on gravel soils. This is a complex rose with rocky minerality, angular acidity and candied fruit characteristics.

The daughter from Timotheus’s first marriage, which ended suddenly when his wife disappeared mysteriously over night. Just like her cousins, Winifred has a winning and open personality, is sociable, and of a cheerful disposition. Upon a first encounter she can appear to be somewhat shy and reticent, but those that make her acquaintance remember her as a unique, refreshing and charming young lady with an inquisitive mind.

Age of Vines: 35 years old

Yields: 2.5 tons/hectare

Soil: Gravel

Varieties: Blaufrankish and Zweigelt

Vinification Method: Grapes are hand harvested and destemmed. This vineyard is used just to make a rose, so there is no saignee from a red wine. Fermentation takes place in used 500, 1000 and 1500-liter barrels. The wine goes through elevage in 500-liter barrels for about 8 months, with no batonnage. The wine is bottled unfined, unfiltered, and with zero addition of sulfur.

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