Kolfok "Whole Bunch" 2019 Blaufränkisch Burgenland, Austria

750ml bottle

12.5% abv

A lightly extracted new version of Blaufrankisch in which the fruit takes a back seat to the more ethereal side of the grape, showcasing its herbal and tea leaf nuances.

Stefan does not make this Whole Cluster Blaufrankisch bottling every year. He thought that even though 2019 was a warm year, it was a wonderful high acid year and a good time to experiment with clean, perfectly ripe organic Blaufrankisch grapes. The Blaufrankisch was hand harvested from a cooler single vineyard site. The whole clusters were foot stomped in a large open vats. After 5 days after the stomped grapes were pressed and finished fermentation in a 650 Liter Austrian oak cask. Only one cask was made. There were no additions, not even any sulphur at bottling. The result is a lightly extracted new version of Blaufrankisch in which the fruit takes a back seat to the more ethereal side of the grape showcasing its herbal and tea leaf nuances.

"A 'Kolfok' is a nonconformist in local lingo, and that's what Kolfok wines are all about; relentlessy focused on expressing soil and variety, bone dry, high-strung, and endlessly seductive. True geek wines."