Brand Bros Wildrose pur 2021

A rose nosing into light red territory with it's wild red fruits and charming smooth light easy-goingness. Made from the wondrous Portugeiser grape, that Germanic/Central/Eastern oddity (it's not from Portugal) that just works wonders in this part of the world when used well. It is VERY well used here. Maybe one of my favourite roses ever!

The Brand Bros, Daniel and Jonas, are 5th generation winemakers from the northern part of the Pfalz region in Germany. They started making natural wines in 2014 and have been a big part of defining the reputation of the region. This is a working agricultural region well away from the touristy picture postcard villages to the south. Yet the Brand Bros bring amazing personality, purity, brightness and zing to wine with their character and energy.

Their vineyards are certified organic but they also work bio-dynamically. They mingle and interlace with wild meadows of clover, wild herbs and flowers and are abuzz with bees and other useful critters.

Grapes are hand harvested. All fermentation is spontaneous with wild yeasts. They make many of their wines with no added sulphur (the pur wines). No additives, fining or filtering.

The labels are all done by their grandma who is a local artist and they tend to have personal stories of local and family traditions which just charms me to tears.

Oh! and I know I say this about a lot of our wines, but still stand by it, these are among the best value wines I've tried...