Bianka und Daniel Schmitt Freiheit Rosé Fizz 2024

Bianka and Daniel Schmitt are the fourth generation to run this place, but they're not exactly playing by the old rules. They took over in 2012 and immediately started farming biodynamically. Like, actually biodynamically, with Demeter certification, which only 80 producers in all of Germany can claim. They're the real deal.

This fizz is exactly the kind of wine that makes you glad they're the ones in charge. It's made from Portugieser and Dornfelder, whole-cluster pressed, fermented once, aged six months, then hit with a second fermentation in tank to get those fine, frisky bubbles.

What comes out is pure joy. Grapefruit and strawberry, cherry and raspberry, a little cranberry snap, a whisper of blood orange. It's fruity and crisp and fizzy. Open it with nothing in particular in mind. That's the point.