Fuchs und Hase Pet Nat Rosé

Weingut Fuchs und Hase is an independent winery founded in 2014 by Stefanie and Alwin Jurtschitsch and Martin and Anna Arndorfer producing exclusively pet-nat wines. The Arndofers and Jurtschitsch's are very good friends and they spend a lot of time together, tasting together, and philosophising about wine over a beer. After learning about pet nat in other countries (none was made in Austria at the time), they wanted to try to make some together. It had turned out that Stefanie had already made one two years earlier as an experiment! She wanted to make a wine without any additions at all. They chose to work with vineyard sites that are high elevation, near the forest, sites that have natural acidity and lower alcohol. In Austria, there is a saying, "where the fox and hare say goodnight" and it refers to a remote place surrounded by forest, which is how they came up with the winery name, the Fox and Hare, or Fuchs und Hase. 85% Zweigelt, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon. Zweigelt is grown on very cold vineyard site called Tanzer in Langenlois, primarily rock, and Cabernet Sauvignon is grown on Loess soil with calcareous inclusions. The nose is fresh and fragrant with notes of grapefruit and ripe raspberry with a touch of herbs and subtle gooseberry. On the palate, the wine is quite dry, crisp and juicy with rhubarb and lime flavours, subtle effervescence and a fine structure.