Zweigelt, Styria, Austria

Franz & Christine Strohmeier are whimsical, visionary winemakers, who are almost anti-establishmentarian in their desire to make wines that are entirely singular and unique unto themselves. Like every Strohmeier wine, this is unpolished, yet deeply romantic, structured yet fresh, wild yet finessed. Constantly tinkering with his 8-hectares of vines to find better and more natural methods, a portion of grapes grow wild, without pruning, producing very small, intensely flavoured grapes. A brand new wine to their lineup, made with partially whole-berry Zweigelt grapes, fermented with local yeasts in stainless steel. Light red with a gentle, caressing fizz, heaps of smoked strawberries and raspberries, preserved lemon, lurking cassis & mysterious, spicy undertones. Open on a Friday night, when the lights are low & you want to rid your spine of that ghostly CHILL!