2023 Edgar Brutler Gisela

Notes & Pairings

This wine is dedicated to a chicken routinely attacked by the others, perhaps jealous of her sweet character. To save it, Edgar’s mother took the chicken into the home with the dogs and she became a fixture next to his father in the garden and on a chair at the dining table. Sadly, she likely ate from the dog bowl, got sick and died prematurely. According to Edgar, “my Dad gets tears in his eyes when we speak about her.” The fruit comes from a site planted in the 1970s by his father’s family that was near death not too long ago. In 2019 they only got enough fruit for one 225L barrel. After years of compost, pruning and handwork, it’s back to full strength. The co-fermented field blend is mostly comprised of Fetească Regală, Grüner Veltliner, Italian Riesling, a few Muskatel, a block of Mustoasă de Măderat and some red grapes like Portugieser, Kadarka, and Blaufränkisch. Similar to the Wieso?Nicht! in terms of red and white grapes, but the latter goes ultimately in a red wine direction while the Gisela is more of a Rosé. Everything was crushed with stems, pressed, and then fermented and aged in one 500L and another 300L oak barrel.

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