2022 Oszkar Maurer Red Fruit November

This is much less about grape, and much more about the Srem wine region and botrytis. This pulls from the Subotica region (Fodor vineyard) in the sandy north and the volcanic soils near the Danube in the Fruška Gora appellation. The fruit (mostly Cabernet Sauvignon of all things) was harvested throughout November with as much healthy botrytis as they could find. Oszkár believes that regardless of variety, enough botrytis turns red grapes into rosehips and forest fruits. It also eats up the tannins and adds a ton of acidity. The majority is simply basket pressed into barrel while a smaller portion is semi-carbonic to retain some freshness. Unfined, unfiltered, zero machines, and bottled with gravity.