The Story
Brut Nature means nobody added sugar at the end. No dosage, no makeup, nothing to hide behind. That is a nervy way to make sparkling wine, and it only works if the farming and the fruit can carry it. Jonas Dostert's Rochus is a traditional-method Cremant from the Obermosel, the limestone half of the Mosel that gets none of the attention and grows some of Germany's most electric acidity. Bottle-fermented and disgorged bone dry, it is all tension and chalk: green apple, citrus, a bread-crust note from the lees, and a finish that reads more saline than fruity. The code on the label — #21/1 — is the 2021 base vintage followed by the disgorgement number; the disgorgement date is printed on the label too. Sparkling wine for people who find most sparkling wine too sweet.
Description
Brut Nature means nobody added sugar at the end. No dosage, no makeup, nothing to hide behind. That is a nervy way to make sparkling wine, and it only works if the farming and the fruit can carry it. Jonas Dostert's Rochus is a traditional-method Cremant from the Obermosel, the limestone half of the Mosel that gets none of the attention and grows some of Germany's most electric acidity. Bottle-fermented and disgorged bone dry, it is all tension and chalk: green apple, citrus, a bread-crust note from the lees, and a finish that reads more saline than fruity. The code on the label — #21/1 — is the 2021 base vintage followed by the disgorgement number; the disgorgement date is printed on the label too. Sparkling wine for people who find most sparkling wine too sweet.
