Recaredo Corpinnat Rosat 'Intens' Brut Nature 2022 Wachau Christoph ages the “Alte Reben”

Christoph ages the “Alte Reben” a staggering three years in used 500-liter barrels

and vinified in 50-hectoliter tronconic oak casks for 60 days with manual punch-downs

Whereas much of the Jura’s fabled vin jaune leans heavily into its walnut-like oxidative heaviness

Perrières nonetheless offers a chiseled intensity typical of Christophe’s style

Recaredo Corpinnat Rosat 'Intens' Brut Nature 2022 Wachau Christoph ages the “Alte Reben”Recaredos uncompromisingly vinous, deeply colored sparkling ros is produced from fully ripe Monastrell and Garnacha, pressed slowly and given six hours of skin maceration, and given five years of lees aging. Bright, sappy, and bursting with salt flecked fruit, this wine simultaneously expresses the verve of the vintage and the solar imprint of the terroir. If most still ros from the French stretch of the sea straitjackets itself with overcropping,