2022 Winifred

Label: Gut Oggau

Vintage: 2022

Fruit: Blaufränkisch, Rotburger

Region: Burgenland, Austria

ABV: 12%

organic

cherry blasters / first crush thrill / bubbles floating by in a breeze

Winifred casts an exacting stare that could get a straight answer from the most slippery Libra. This Blaufränkisch and Rötburger comes from vineyards dedicated solely to rosé, de-stemmed and pressed straight into barrels to ferment, then aged on lees for eight months sans battonage. She's bringing the frenetic energy of a Tasmanian devil hopped up on Mountain Dew Code Red, but more invigorating than scary. A healthy amount of scary.

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.

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Have you ever heard that you can not dream a novel face? That every stranger's face you have seen in a dream must have come from someone you've seen before, stored somewhere deep in between folds of grey matter. Gut Oggau challenges that little anecdote, as they do many pre-conceptions and traditions in modern wine making.

Eduard and Stephanie Tscheppe-Eselböck are unapologetically poetic and whimsical, undeniably serendipitous, and very, very attractive – yet not intimidating. Taking over an abandoned vineyard in the village of Oggau off of Austria's Lake Neusidl in 2007 they let the winds blow and the rains wash away any residual agricultural chemicals and/or shackles to the expectations of the past. And now they are the undisputed hype GOATs of the natty wine world and the poster couple for Biodynamic agriculture.

Though they work mostly with six main grapes (Blaufrankish, Rötburger, Grüner Veltliner, Welchriesling, Weissburgunder, and Gewurtzraminer) they do not define their wines as such. Their wines are people, completely fictional but now alive and recognizable, probably popping up in the bizarre dreams of wine folk worldwide. Treat yourself, get Gut.

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Please note, all orders come with chips!