Rosi Schuster, Burgenland, Austria
The winery was founded in 1979, the year that the parents of winemaker Hannes Schuster got married. The estate works with around 11 hectares of vines, the oldest of which are 60 years old. For a few years now Hannes and his mother Rosi have been focusing on Sankt Laurent, Blaufränkisch and Rotburger. They farm the vineyards organically and pursue small yields of exceptional fruit. Grapes from the younger vineyard are used for their expressions of Burgenland Blaufränkisch, Burgenland Sankt Laurent and Burgenland Rotburger. These three wines are their interpretation of a classically styled regional wine.
Musts are fermented gently in wooden or stainless steel open-top fermenters. Both alcoholic and malolactic fermentations are spontaneous. The soils are quite diverse because the Schusters work in various villages in the surrounding areas. In the main these are sandy, loamy soils, limestone soils and clay-loam soils, with slate featuring to a lesser extent.
Tasting Notes
Unfined and unfiltered Blaufränkisch from the village of Rust on the hills beside Lake Neusiedl. High-toned red fruits on the nose carry onto a palate that shows black pepper spice and a gravel note, with firm texture and vibrant natural acidity.
Review
January, 2016
Mike Bennie
The Wine Front
93 points
Smells pleasingly rustic with red berries, briar, turned soil, old spice cupboard, ferrous things. In the palate, more medium weight than light weight, quite a sour-sweet wine, but in that pleasing, amaro-like way. Texture is suede, touch dusty, but feels rich in personality of fruit. Finishes refreshing and faintly ripe, red berry fruit sweet. Lots to mull over and enjoy.
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