It is fair to ask why there is a vineyard alongside the Danube in southern Hungary planted to a mixture of Kekfrankos, Merlot, and Sagrantino. The first of those grapes belongs there, the second on that list is a well traveled grape that might be planted on the moon in a few years, but what on the green pastured earth is Sagrantino doing in Hungary? The simple answer is that Zoltan Heimann likes it there. Having played a central roll in saving the Kadarka grape from extinction, he has followed up by reviving the pre-phylloxera style of Siller, a type of wine that came close to extinction during the Soviet era. It is essentially an early harvest of red grapes pressed after just a short period of a day or two on the skins. A little darker and more structured than rose, but crisp and refreshing and transparent. The Sagrantino in particular – a grape capable of inky black red wine – gives this Siller a savory accent of garden herbs and soil between all the fresh raspberries, red roses, and citrus that fill out the rest of the wine. Serve in the sun with picnic fare.