Is it a red? A rosé? Nope - it's "rotlich (reddish)"! Andreas Mann's family has been producing wine on their 10ha property in the Rheinhessen since the 17th century; his fondness and respect for the classics - Riesling, Pinot Noir - is, therefore, more than understandable. But in transitioning back into the family business in recent years (converting the estate to organic farming and prohibiting sulfur additions in the process), he asked the question - what's the potential if I pivot from the classics into something altogether different, left-of-center, and very much not tied to the notoriously stodgy German wine laws? He answered his own question with this: as it turns out, Merlot and Müller-Thurgau cofermented carbonically, later blended with Pinot Noir, aged in very old barrel for almost a year communicates the same amount of joy to a wine-loving adult as a juicebox full of fruitpunch does to a kid in summer.
