Rhone blends - or not blends - have taken the world by storm for their powerfully expressive red wines
because this is super serious wine
working alongside his sister Alexia after years spent learning
and all the vineyard work is done by horse and plow to preserve microbiological activity in the soil
Savory-edged and quietly structured
Kobal Blaufrankisch Roots Austria Rhone blends - or notDark edged and ferrous, this opens with sour black cherry, elderberry skin, and damson, layered with cracked pepper, dried nettle, and a cool note of iron rich clay. The palate is taut and vertical, driven by Blaufrnkischs natural acidity and firm, finely etched tannins that frame the fruit without smoothing its edges. Savory herbal tones and a faint smoky mineral thread run through the mid palate, finishing dry, spicy, and persistent with a stony,