2021 Kasnyik rodinné vinárstvo Brut Natur Tramin

Notes & Pairings

The last time we pulled up to the cellar, their good friend Laszlo was making a pot of Vadas over open fire. Vadas loosely translates to “hunter’s stew” and is basically a sweet and sour/wild Central European hybrid with gamey meat. Puréed carrots and parsnips along with a simple fruit syrup, Pálinka (fruit brandy), chunks of lamb, and finished with a little cream for balance. The first wine they handed us was this sparkling Tramín. 12 hours of maceration, native fermentation on the lees, and then at the end of fermentation, a later picked Tramín must was added for secondary fermentation. After 12 months of aging, it was disgorged with zero dosage, and bottled in 2020. It retains the skin contact elements of the Tramín, not just a blast of aromatics along with 12% alcohol. And because there’s not crazy acidity in the grape, the Brut Natur isn’t overly austere or hard to drink, it works exceptionally well. Much like their macerated version, a good foil for the Gewürztraminer hesitant. 830 bottles produced.

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