2022 Stein Rose Trocken

In an ocean of rosés from the warmest wine making regions on earth (Italy, Spain, CA, Provence), the Mosel's joyful rebel Ulrich "Ulli" Stein makes what is one of the few Mosel rosés.

The Mosel, one of the world's coolest-climate wine growing regions, is about finesse, about minerality, about delicacy and intensity.

Sounds like the perfect recipe for profound rosé? It is.

Yeah, it's counter-intuitive, sorta. We love to romanticize the southern regions – the sun-drenched hills of Provence and Tuscany. But intense sunshine leads to intensely ripe grapes, which lead to high levels of alcohol and low levels of acidity.

Rosé, however, requires a whip-smart acidity, that refreshing crackle. That's what a cool-climate delivers: the snap, crackle and refreshing pop.