Piros Béka Rosé 2024

This is not your average summer rosé. Made in the siller style, the Piros Béka Rosé is a deeper, more serious take on rosé, showing the mellow character and gentle spice of the local grapes. Naturally fermented and unfiltered, it’s smooth and quietly complex, with soft red fruit, herbal notes and a subtle earthy edge. A calm, elegant wine that works just as well on a laid-back evening as it does on a sunny terrace.

About the Piros Béka winery

Piros Béka (Red Frog) is a small natural winery in the Villány region, run by Mariana and Rudy Proske since 2003. Rudy, originally from Berlin, fell in love with the landscape and wine culture of southern Hungary and started making wine as a hobby. Today, it has grown into a full-time passion.

They farm 1.5 hectares of vines naturally, without pesticides or synthetic treatments. In the cellar, the wines ferment spontaneously with native yeasts and no commercial additives. Aging takes place in used barrique barrels and, since 2020, also in Georgian amphorae.

Piros Béka produces around 6,000 bottles a year. These are handcrafted, low-intervention wines with a softer and more sophisticated style than many Villány contemporaries.

Producer information: Rüdiger Proske, Fö Utca 62, 7773 Kisjakabfalva, Hungary, https://pirosbeka.com/