2020 Weingut Tauss 'Vom Opok' Rose

The  Blaufränkisch for this wine are always the first to be harvested, usually at the end of September, which brings this soulful rosé its appealing freshness, low ABV (about 10%) and high drinkability.

Vineyard: several plots in the lower part of the Hohenegg hill, part of them one-wire trained, which is quite typical for Styria. Vines planted in 1980, 1984, 2000, 2002 on Opok soil – limestone and clay silt. Certified biodynamic, estate owned.

Grapes are hand-harvested into small crates, with manual selection in the vineyard. Destemmed and direct-pressed, in open pneumatic press. Both the alcoholic and malolactic fermentations happen spontaneously in old neutral French barriques and 300L barrels. The wine spends about 12 months in total neutral oak casks. Bottled without fining or filtration, no sulfur added.