Birdscape pink 2022 - Christian Tschida (fin nature)

Birdscape Pink, based on Japanese tea culture. This Birdscape may be blood pink in color, it is not a rosé! It consists of a Blaufränkisch based field blend, which means that from all the different vines that have been planted in the past 60 years, Blaufränkisch grapes have been taken mixed with approx. 30% field blend.

The combination of the gently macerated grapes gives a very light and elegant red wine. Short skin maceration, completely destemmed and crushed with the feet. This natural wine is juicy, light and a bit earthy, with light acids. Berries, watermelon, red cherries. Fruity, mineral and spicy. Real Tschida.

• Country / region: Austria / Neusiedlersee (Burgenland)
• Grape variety(ies): Blue French, field blend
• In the vineyard: Grapes harvested by hand. Lime, quartz and schist terroir. Vineyards between 115-240 meters altitude. 10 year old vines. Biodynamic farming.
• In the wine cellar: Grapes lightly crushed with the feet. Slow, spontaneous fermentation. Free-run 'pressing'. Bottled almost immediately after maceration. Unfiltered. Without addition of sulphites.
• Quality mark: Biodynamic and Vin Nature

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.