Heidi Schröck
Rosé Biscaya Rosé Blend
Burgenland, Austria
On the Lawn at Tanglewood this evening with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Our guest conductor David Newman is leading a live-to-picture performance of Leonard Bernstein’s score for “West Side Story”, originally directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, and with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
For live-to-picture productions, the orchestra performs the entire movie score in real time as the film unspools. (Vocals, dialogue and effects are isolated from the original music track.) The BSO installed very fancy and large LED screens on the perimeter of the Shed facing the Lawn, amazing!
Very dry, field blend of 'experimental' grapes, i.e. non-approved Austrian varietals. Kind of disjointed, alcohol seems higher than 12.5%
On the Lawn at Tanglewood this evening with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Our guest conductor David Newman is leading a live-to-picture performance of Leonard Bernstein’s score for “West Side Story”, originally directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, and with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
For live-to-picture productions, the orchestra performs the entire movie score in real time as the film unspools. (Vocals, dialogue and effects are isolated from the original music track.) The BSO installed very fancy and large LED screens on the perimeter of the Shed facing the Lawn, amazing!
Very dry, field blend of 'experimental' grapes, i.e. non-approved Austrian varietals. Kind of disjointed, alcohol seems higher than 12.5%
Bath tub water. My 2nd go at this and again, no one at the table would even touch it. Not even the somms.
Bath tub water. My 2nd go at this and again, no one at the table would even touch it. Not even the somms.
Jan 21st, 2018I'm sorry. I just don't see the appeal here. Tastes like someone dump a flower bed into pool water. Almost undrinkable for me and everyone else at the table.
I'm sorry. I just don't see the appeal here. Tastes like someone dump a flower bed into pool water. Almost undrinkable for me and everyone else at the table.
Oct 10th, 2017Heidi Schrock 2014 Rosé Biscaya, Burgenland | 12% | From the warm continental (what they call Pannonian) climate of Neusiedlersee-Huggeland in Burgenland –Austria’s eastern most wine region pressed against the Hungarian frontier, this vintage seems to have dropped the St Laurent of previous vintages and is made of 40% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Pinot Noir although Heidi admits to using eight varieties in all –each in supporting roles. It’s a beautiful rosy red with a fragrant headful of umeboshi pickled plums of Japan for their tension of salty tart fruit and their fragrant shiso perilla leaf lift, but other fruit wafts up bright and fresh. Red currants and white cherries all carry over as well onto the palate –a scrumptious sip of tang and texture, brine and savor –for which it bears that saltwater taffy charm that I love about this rosé –in a watering-at-the-corners-of-the-mouth sort of way. It’s appealing in a way I’d never known before it –like feelings of fervor among inchoate lovers before which everything seemed so certain and after which the world seemed wide. Prepare yourself for a first kiss where red fruit orchards meet the sea. Food? Who needs food? …if I were to dream up a dish for this specifically it might involve a crispy rendered duck breast with a compote of those gamey black currants but you name it: pork chops, schnitzel, tempura, or citrus poached fish of the herring family.
Wine review by Nicholas Livingston, July 20th, 2015 (Fruit)
Heidi Schrock 2014 Rosé Biscaya, Burgenland | 12% | From the warm continental (what they call Pannonian) climate of Neusiedlersee-Huggeland in Burgenland –Austria’s eastern most wine region pressed against the Hungarian frontier, this vintage seems to have dropped the St Laurent of previous vintages and is made of 40% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Pinot Noir although Heidi admits to using eight varieties in all –each in supporting roles. It’s a beautiful rosy red with a fragrant headful of umeboshi pickled plums of Japan for their tension of salty tart fruit and their fragrant shiso perilla leaf lift, but other fruit wafts up bright and fresh. Red currants and white cherries all carry over as well onto the palate –a scrumptious sip of tang and texture, brine and savor –for which it bears that saltwater taffy charm that I love about this rosé –in a watering-at-the-corners-of-the-mouth sort of way. It’s appealing in a way I’d never known before it –like feelings of fervor among inchoate lovers before which everything seemed so certain and after which the world seemed wide. Prepare yourself for a first kiss where red fruit orchards meet the sea. Food? Who needs food? …if I were to dream up a dish for this specifically it might involve a crispy rendered duck breast with a compote of those gamey black currants but you name it: pork chops, schnitzel, tempura, or citrus poached fish of the herring family.
Wine review by Nicholas Livingston, July 20th, 2015 (Fruit)
This is a terrific rosé - spicy character on the nose and elegant on the palate. Simultaneously crisp and voluptuous, it is as satisfying a rosé as I've had in some time. Beautiful and a great value
This is a terrific rosé - spicy character on the nose and elegant on the palate. Simultaneously crisp and voluptuous, it is as satisfying a rosé as I've had in some time. Beautiful and a great value
Feb 22nd, 2017
Very earthy nose with sweet mid red fruits. The fruits are thick and slightly syrupy. Dark cherries, cherries, strawberry preserves, cranberry juice, soft spice, nice soft earth, refined pronounced chalk, big acidity and a good round full finish. Mix of seven different grapes 🍇.
Very earthy nose with sweet mid red fruits. The fruits are thick and slightly syrupy. Dark cherries, cherries, strawberry preserves, cranberry juice, soft spice, nice soft earth, refined pronounced chalk, big acidity and a good round full finish. Mix of seven different grapes 🍇.
Jan 21st, 2017A deliciously decadent rosé with juicy plum and savory herbs. Versatile and fresh.
A deliciously decadent rosé with juicy plum and savory herbs. Versatile and fresh.
Sep 25th, 2016
Pear, plum, good acid, good balance, nice body and mouthfeel.
Pear, plum, good acid, good balance, nice body and mouthfeel.
Aug 28th, 2016
Another winner from Heidi Schrœck. Musky red berry goodness
Another winner from Heidi Schrœck. Musky red berry goodness
Oct 23rd, 2014