2020 Josephine

Josephine is the second wife of Timotheus and Winifred’s stepmother. A wine, and a person, described as somewhat tempestuous and unstable in youth, but has grown and shaped into something marvellous and enchanting. Red fruits, blackcurrant, licorice, smouldering earthy spices. Open, warm, generous. She is a mother wine that knows how to share and receive love. Roesler (a crossing of Blaufränkisch and Zweigelt) and Blaufränkisch itself. The Blaufrankisch brings the pop of bright fruit, but the...Read More...

Josephine is the second wife of Timotheus and Winifred’s stepmother. A wine, and a person, described as somewhat tempestuous and unstable in youth, but has grown and shaped into something marvellous and enchanting. Red fruits, blackcurrant, licorice, smouldering earthy spices. Open, warm, generous. She is a mother wine that knows how to share and receive love. Roesler (a crossing of Blaufränkisch and Zweigelt) and Blaufränkisch itself. The Blaufrankisch brings the pop of bright fruit, but there's still a darkness and some deep thumping bass to the blend.

Gut Oggau came to life when Eduard and Stephanie Tscheppe took over an abandoned 17th century winery in the town of Oggau, Austria, and tirelessly restored it, including the 200 year old press that came with it. The neglect that had befallen the winery was bittersweet in some way as the dust was shaken off the bones of the buildings and land; they noticed that the chemical treatments used thirty years ago had washed away too. Biodynamics was the next necessary step for the couple. Once they were able to vinify, perhaps it was the ghosts of the winery past, spirits that had hidden in the walls and the fruit, but each wine came alive with it’s own personality. They say that natural wine feels “alive”, but the feeling was so encapsulating, they had to name the visions that came to them. Part of the joy of drinking Gut Oggau is the rich family history they’ve created, matching personalities and stories of people to wines shows how the pair have embraced the sense of community in drinking, but also there’s the guarantee you’re going to drink….well…gut. 

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