Description
"The rosé pét-nat, all Pinot Noir from the estate, flaunts a similar zip, with crushed, crunchy red fruits, crispy cranberry to rhubarb to watermelon rind, framed by the same saline, ocean breeze that informs the blanc. And as with the blanc, the rosé also seems to barely hold its liquid form, with so much lift and acidity that it feels like it may just evaporate into a fresh mineral mist.
The brothers Brand, Daniel and Jonas, have quickly brought attention to the far northern Pfalz, this cool-climate, limestone-rich, yet otherwise overlooked region. The “famous” Pfalz, the Mittelhaardt region, is a good 45-minutes south. Here, however, in the north, in the Brand brother’s village of Bockenheim, well, things are a bit quieter; the historic and gilded estates of the south, with their tended gardens and bustling tourism, give way to a quieter, more gritty, working agricultural feel in the north. For the Brand’s wines, well, first there are the liters – these are the wines that immediately made both John and I look at each other with eyebrows a-raised, sharing that look of delight when something stands apart because of its internal, brightness, purity and zzziiiinnnnng. They still fascinate and delight; there are few better deals in wine.” — Vom Boden
