2023 Arndorfer Rosa Marie (Skin Ferment), Kamptal, Austria

Certified Organic. Zweigelt macerated for around 14 hours on skins before direct pressing, then fermented crushed Grner Veltliner grapes for 14 days in stainless steelin other words, this is a ros made like an orange wine but with red fruit on white grape skins! During fermentation, the Grner skins add spiciness and complexity to the black and purple fruit aromas of Zweigelt. To make things as hands-on as possible, all of the skins are hand-destemmed. Aged for six months in 2/3 stainless steel and the rest in neutral French barriques. Bottled by gravity with no fining nor filtration. 8 mg/l SO2 added at bottling. The Rosa Marie is the second of three newer, experimental natural wines, named after Martin and Annas three daughters, as a way for them to continue pushing the limits of their winemaking.