Wenzel Voodoo Child Wild + Free 2023
Wenzel Voodoo Child Wild + Free 2023
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Wenzel Voodoo Child Wild + Free 2023

Wenzel
$33.00

Grape: Pinot Gris
Vintage: 2023
Type: Rose

Wild + Free indeed! A skin-fermented Pinot Gris, resulting in an orange wine but with a color closer to red, due to Pinot Gris' dark berry color. The phenols extracted through skin fermentation are immediately present on the nose and on the palate, but the wine itself is clean, well structured and crisp. A true gem for fans of orange wine and a staff favorite here at Winemonger! Organically farmed grapes, minimal sulfur (15mg) and native yeast. Vegan

Wenzel is Michael Wenzel's family estate in Rust, on the western shore of Lake Neusiedl in Burgenland, where the family has been making wine for centuries. The domaine is especially important for its role in reviving Furmint in Austria: Michael's father Robert brought historic plant material back from Hungary in the 1980s, when the variety had nearly disappeared from Rust. Today Wenzel farms organically and works with Furmint, Blaufrankisch, Pinot Noir and other varieties in limestone, gneiss and quartz-influenced sites. The wines are spontaneous, minimally handled and quietly radical, linking Burgenland's present to a nearly lost Danube tradition.