Claus Preisinger Ordinaire Austria Rosé Sekt

Claus Preisinger has been making wine in Gols since 2002, farming 19 hectares near the north shore of Lake Neusiedl in Burgenland, biodynamic since 2006 and certified by respekt-BIODYN, and he has become one of the most recognizable names in Austrian natural wine. Ordinaire is sparkling by the ancestral method rather than a traditional Sekt: a rosé pét-nat, bottled before the first fermentation finishes so it completes in the bottle, keeping a fine natural sparkle, with nothing filtered out and no sulfur added. Pinot Noir anchors a blend whose supporting variety shifts with the release, and alcohol sits around 11 percent, which is exactly the point. Strawberry and redcurrant with a touch of spice and a bright, frothy lift. The name undersells it.