There are a few reasons to try Beurer Rosé Trocken 2020 if you a Rosé wine fan.
Ask yourself how many Rosé wines from Germany have you tasted. Probably not too many. Do you recall when you tasted wine made from Trollinger? What about Portugieser or Blauer Zweigelt? Spätburgunder? Maybe you had from the last one because that’s how Germans call Pinot Noir.
If you’re a Wine Swinger like us and always look for something different, these are excellent reasons to pop the cork of Beurer Rosé. But, of course, being different is just one attraction of this one, but not the main one. To be recommended by us, it must pass the organoleptic test (fancy name for somm tasting) and be delicious.
It passed both during our Nine Rosé Wines Tasting Challenge and finished among the flight’s top wines.
Beurer Winery Story
Beurer is a relatively young winery, although the Beurer family was involved in grape farming for generations near Stuttgart, Germany.
In 1997 Siegried Beurer took a leap of fate and started an independent winery in Kernen-Stetten. Up until then, Siegfried was the director of the local cooperative. He wanted to improve the quality of wine, but it wasn’t possible within the large coop’s framework. That’s when he made an uneasy decision to strike on his own with the help of his son Jochen.
Beurer winery, located in Württemberg, is the fourth-largest wine region in Germany. The market for Württemberg’s wines is predominantly local – the area has the highest wine consumption in all of Germany. Local wine swingers leave very little wine for international or even national markets. So here’s another reason to try it – a rarity.
Winemaker’s Story: Jochen Beurer
Before following his father’s footsteps in winemaking, Jochen Beurer pursued another passion – BMX biking – and winning the European champion title.
Being there, done that, he got back to wine, apprenticing in cellars of Württemberg and nearby Baden, and studying at Weinsberg, Württemberg’s top oenological school. After school, Jochen apprenticed with natural wine icon Elisabetta Foradori in Trentino, Northern Italy.
It had a significant impact on Jochen Beurer as a future winemaker. Upon return, he started experimenting with natural yeast, non-interventional winemaking, and biodynamic farming.
By 2012 the winery was biodynamically certified by Demeter. If Jochen was perceived as an industry disrupter at the beginning of his career, he became a trendsetter a decade later. He was practicing biodynamics when it was odd. Jochen started highlighting wines from little-known varietals as he was perfecting Rieslings.
Nowadays, wine lovers look for those hidden gems and check if grapes are biodynamically grown. And that what makes Johen Beurer one of the visionary and prominent figures in German winemaking. He’s ahead of the trend.
Beurer Rosé Trocken 2020
In the Bottle
Beurer Rosé Trocken 2020 is a blend of Trollinger, Portugieser, Spätburgunder and Blauer Zweigelt. The grapes for Beurer Rosé came from the vineyards of the Württemberg wine region near Stuttgart. While the names of these grapes sound like tongue twisters, you might have tasted at least one of them – Spätburgunder. The German name for Pinot Noir is Spätburgunder – late (spät) ripening pinot (burgunder).
The wine was made by the saignée method from different red wines. Saignée means bleeding (draining) some red “wine-to-be” from the tank and using it for Rosé production.
In the case of Beurer, all four abovementioned grapes were in fermentation in separate tanks to become red wine. After a short period (1-3 days) small percentage of the juice was drained from each tank and combined in another tank for fermentation as a Beurer Rosé. After that, the juice went through fermentation with native yeast.
In the Glass
Beurer Rosé was the most intensely colored wine during our Nine Rosé Wines Tasting Challenge. It had a vivid strawberry pink color and looked almost like a pale red wine.
The aromas were just as bright with pink rose, red cherry, raspberry jam, and a hint of lemon.
Strawberry and cherry were present on the palate as well, but cherry-peach pie flavors made it irresistible. Still, it’s a dry wine, and lemon-like acidity balances the creamy richness of this Rosé.
Finish
To summarize, Beurer Rosé Trocken 2020 is why we became wine swingers. Our pursuit of new experiences led us to pick this bottle from the shelf without thinking twice.
We didn’t know then what grape varietals it made of or that’s saignée method, or about biodynamic farming and all that. We only knew we haven’t tried it yet.
Check our Eight Rosé Wines Tasting Challenge post to learn how it faired against French and Italian Rosés.
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