2019 Gut Oggau Josephine (1500ml)

WINEMAKER: Stephanie & Eduard Tscheppe-Eselböck
VARIETAL: Blaufränkisch
REGION: Burgenland, AT
VITICULTURE: Certified Biodynamic

Timotheus’s second wife and Winifred’s stepmother. An easy-going and somewhat voluptuous lady, she first found the love of her life at a slightly older age. Shaped by her tempestuous youth, she is an unconventional type that radiates vitality and enjoys life to the fullest. She feels most at home in company, is open to strangers, and rewards friends with deep insights into her innermost qualities.

35yo vines. Hand harvested, destemmed. Barrel fermented, elevage in 500L barels for eight months without batonnage. Unfined, unfiltered. No adds. BIG BOTTLE.

In 2007, Stephanie & Eduard Tscheppe-Eselböck painstakingly restored a 17th century winery in Burgenland that had been abandoned for 20 years, including its 200-year-old screw press. The vines’ 20-year period of neglect was fortunate, as this allowed for all pesticide and chemical treatments to be washed away, immediately converting the vineyard to biodynamics.