J.B. Becker - 2022 Rotweiss (Pinot Noir Rose)
J.B. Becker - 2022 Rotweiss (Pinot Noir Rose)
In 2020 or 2021 Becker made a Pinot Noir rosé. It was lovely, very pure fruit, yet it was a bruiser – I think it had maybe 13.5% alcohol? It wove this alcohol into a decidedly floral quality, so that if you weren’t paying attention, you might not have noticed. Apparently, I was told by a friend, on hot summer nights at the Becker’s wine garden right next to the Rhein, it wasn’t totally uncommon for a couple to enjoy a bottle of this rosé, to pay their bill and then stand up, only to grab the table again, their new-found verticality being harder to completely manage after this bottle of rosé. Maybe this is why for 2022 Becker is calling it “Rotweiss?”
Either way, this is 100% Pinot Noir and I’d say it lives in a world beyond a rosé and certainly closer to a red wine. It clocks in around 13% and shows herbal, smoky aromatics though the feel on the palate is a bit more fruit-driven, even tropical. It’s a sturdy wine, with a phenolic grip which will stand up to many foods, even fall and winter fare... the perfect rosé after that delightful January swim in the Rhein?
Type: Rose
Producer: J.B. Becker
Varietal: Pinot Noir
Country: Germany
Region: Rheingau
Farming: Organic