Ernst Bretz Deutscher Rosé Portugieser Qba 2024 port & sherry

Ernst Bretz Deutscher Rosé Portugieser Qba 2024 port & sherryA medium bodied and delicious ros which is not at all cloying and artificially sweet tasting as many lesser ross tend to be. It has a fantastic depth of flavour which make it ideal with or without food. Portugieser is a red grape grown widely in Europe. When vinified as a ros, it produces a wine with good acidity and balance.

umami paste

and a touch of moss

Nose: Very fresh

and consists of simple ingredients

Walnut cake

due to it's French heritage) and is a very popular variety in SA

when he worked as a traveller for James Roy

soot and toasted mixed seeds

then quite some rum and raisins and oaky

and touches of hessian and menthol

it's a very malty nose

oily and moving slightly towards farmyard and drier qualities