2020 Peter Wetzer Kékfrankos Spern Steiner

Péter Wetzer's Kékfrankos (Blaufränkisch) comes from the Spern Steiner vineyard, considered the grand cru of Sopron since the 15th century. The 60+ year-old vines grow in extreme conditions on nutrient-poor, east-facing slopes of mica schist, gneiss, and quartz soils. Wetzer farms organically without certification. The wine undergoes three-week spontaneous fermentation in open-top wooden vats with minimal stem inclusion, then ages in neutral Hungarian barrels of 300-1000 liters. Bottled unfined and unfiltered with minimal sulfur, this natural and vegan wine showcases the site's warm, dry character and pronounced minerality from the schist terroir.