Rot N10, 2019

Zweigelt and the local Blauer Wildbacher from steep, organically farmed slopes in West Styria, bottled with next to nothing added.

Wild grasses grow between the rows on Franz and Christine Strohmeier's ten or so hectares of steep gneiss and schist in West Styria, farmed organically since 1997. Rot N°10 is mostly Zweigelt with the local Blauer Wildbacher. It ferments as whole or near-whole bunches and goes into bottle at 12%, barely filtered, with little or no sulphur. TLZ on the label stands for Trauben, Liebe und Zeit: grapes, love and time.