Brutal 2023 - Christian Tschida

This wine takes its name from the famous natural wine bar Brutal in Barcelona. A playful light red, elegant, cool and sensual. Wine for the thirsty drinker, with lots of cherries, berries, raspberries, red pepper and strawberry. And, yes, also a cheeky vin-nature touch on the palate.

Country / Region: Austria / Neusiedlersee (Burgenland)
Grape variety(ies) : Pinot Noir
Character: Light, pure & sensual
Quality mark: Biodynamic and Vin Nature
Tasting notes: Blackcurrants, red cherries, watermelon, pepper. Stable, leather, nice acidity, earthy.
Delicious with: Eggplant, lamb stew, vegetable stew, sweetbreads, spicy meat, quail, chicken liver, mushrooms.

Christian Tschida is one of the biggest rock stars in Vin Nature at the moment. Restaurant Noma in Copenhagen has been serving Tschida wines in its wine pairings for years. Even now with the huge increase in high-end restaurants and the increasing supply of high-quality natural wines, Tschida remains number one. Because many natural wine lovers see Christian Tschida as a kind of demigod, his cult status is only growing. Even sommeliers in Austria have to make an effort for his wines.

The most remarkable thing about Tschida is that he uses 30% of the 'free run'. This gives his wines a particularly elegant character, very pure and sometimes even light.

The Tschida family has been making wine in Illmitz (Neusiedlersee) since the 19th century and Christian still works some of these old family vineyards. When Christian took over the family estate in 2003, many former customers found his way of making wine ridiculous. Low in alcohol and too high in minerality and juiciness. Fortunately, his wine was selected by a large local bank, who served it at their stylish business lunches. Funny enough, only because they didn't want the executives to get drunk. Funny or not, Tschida is now part of the canon of vin nature, not only in Austria, but throughout the Western Hemisphere.