2024 Christian Tschida Birdscape Chardonnay with a slim form attenuated

with a slim form attenuated into something almost gossamer

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foot-crushed

mineral-driven finish

Rosenthal has been importing these wines to the US since the 1978 vintage

2024 Christian Tschida Birdscape Chardonnay with a slim form attenuatedA cult favorite natural winemaker from Austria's Burgenland, Tschida tends his horse farmed vineyards with obsessive care and lets his wines do all the talking. Birdscape defies easy categorization made with what Tschida calls "pink maceration," a very light skin extraction of Blaufrnkisch, Pinot Noir, and some white varieties from 40 year old vines, fermented in a single 3,000 liter barrel with indigenous yeast, bottled unfined, unfiltered, and