FLEUR DE MER COTES DE PROVENCE ROSE 2017

A serious rosé from Austria’s three main varieties: Blaufränkisch, Sankt Laurent and Zweigelt. One of the top-selling rosés here at Biagio (thanks to the folks next door at Lost Hairdressers!!)

The grapes grow on gravel and schist soils in Frauenkirchen and Jois (about an hour south of Vienna) on vines that are up to 43 years old. Manual harvest in September and October is followed by a cold soak and a bleed-off (“saignee”) of the juice that then ferments and evolves in steel tanks. It’s bottled with one of those cool glass capsules that insures the integrity of the wine better than cork and looks more impressive than a screwcap.