Winemaker’s note: “The shell-limestone soil has a fat, fertile clay layer letting the vines grow extraordinarily strong. So strong that the vines are very tricky to manage. Besides the Bacchus and the Heimat Silvaner vineyard, this is the most labor-intense site we have.”
Varieties: Silvaner
Vineyard: 30+ years old site in Kitzingen. Shell-limestone, farmed organically for 7 years now.
Making of: hand-harvested at two different times. The first batch was fermented after a night of skin contact. The second batch, picked one week later, fermented on the skins for about a week before the batches were blended and bottled in October. After finishing fermentation, the bottles were disgorged by hand in April. Zero SO2 added.
Personality: creamy, fresh, completely dry gentle sparkler, with a lovely salty herbal touch coming from the partial skin contact.
Varieties: Silvaner
Vineyard: 30+ years old site in Kitzingen. Shell-limestone, farmed organically for 7 years now.
Making of: hand-harvested at two different times. The first batch was fermented after a night of skin contact. The second batch, picked one week later, fermented on the skins for about a week before the batches were blended and bottled in October. After finishing fermentation, the bottles were disgorged by hand in April. Zero SO2 added.
Personality: creamy, fresh, completely dry gentle sparkler, with a lovely salty herbal touch coming from the partial skin contact.
