STROHMEIER, Lyserod no.32

STROHMEIER, Lyserod no.32

Type	Pink
Country	Austria
Region	Styria/Steiermark
Varietal	Blauer Wildbacher
Vintage	2021
ABV	12%
Size	750ml
Colour	Light Pink
Taste	Fruity & fresh, red berries with a tiny hint of spice! Fruit forward as a Rose will get with beautiful acidity and very light fine tannins!
Food Pairing	BBQ Sushi Thai Fried Rice

 

Hand-harvested grapes are destemmed and macerated with skins for 4 hours. Fermentation is spontaneous with native yeasts in used wooden barrels.

Three months later, the wine is bottled without fining, filtration, or added sulfur.

Franz Strohmeier is a visionary natural winemaker, working in the Steiermark part of Styria, known as the “Green Heart” of Austria.

Franz is a very philosophical winemaker – who is never contented to make wine like the establishments around him – always making the decisions that expresses his terroir in the most natural way.

 

He is constantly tinkering with his 8-hectares of vines to find better and more natural methods. An example most recently was his use of whey (the liquid part of milk produced in cheese production) to spray his grapes, instead of copper sulphate.

He has some portion of his grapes growing wild, without pruning, that produce very small intensely flavoured grapes. Franz does not subscribe to any certified biodynamic organization, although many of his methods sound biodynamic to us.

If a malady strikes a vine, he often prefers to not treat it. Instead, he prefers to forgo those vines, saying the vineyard as a whole gains in health from a little bit of sickness, showing how biodiversity is of chief concern.

He makes wines that are like nothing else we have ever tasted, a true display of the unique terroir of this region. Franz makes sparkling wines with great finesse and stability, perfect for everyday drinking and pairing with a wide variety of foods.

He also makes the Trauben, Liebe & Zeit (=Grapes, Love, Time) line, amazingly crafted zero sulfur wines made with nothing but grapes, love and time.