Profile: Apricot, Christmas spices, brioche, a bit of terra cotta. The Chardonnay provides fruit, weight, texture. The Scheurebe is there for floral characteristics. The Riesling solera is the structural backbone of the wine, it is there for acidity and a rocky mouthfeel.
Grape growing: Certified organic and Demeter bio-dynamic. Johannes uses Demeter treatments 500 (horn manure), 501 (horn kiesel mountain crystal) and 507 (herbs and valerian to help with frost and vine relaxation). A small group of local winemakers co-produce the fermented manure 30km from the vineyard. Needless to say, all grapes are manually harvested.
Winemaking: 50% Chardonnay (intercellular fermented in 500 lt amphoras to 5.5-6%). After intercellular, it is co-fermented with 25% Scheurebe the rest of the way (short must fermentation). Finished with 25% Riesling (Solera-system of vintages 2013, 2014 and 2015). Untreated, unfiltered with zero sulfur addition.
More about the wine: The "Solera-System" of Riesling which has been built up since 2013 gives character to this wine. Structure comes out of the must fermentation of Chardonnay from selected berries and grapes which is done in amphoras of 500 liters. The revolutionary taste of this wine is the result of nothing added nothing removed winemaking.
Grape growing: Certified organic and Demeter bio-dynamic. Johannes uses Demeter treatments 500 (horn manure), 501 (horn kiesel mountain crystal) and 507 (herbs and valerian to help with frost and vine relaxation). A small group of local winemakers co-produce the fermented manure 30km from the vineyard. Needless to say, all grapes are manually harvested.
Winemaking: 50% Chardonnay (intercellular fermented in 500 lt amphoras to 5.5-6%). After intercellular, it is co-fermented with 25% Scheurebe the rest of the way (short must fermentation). Finished with 25% Riesling (Solera-system of vintages 2013, 2014 and 2015). Untreated, unfiltered with zero sulfur addition.
More about the wine: The "Solera-System" of Riesling which has been built up since 2013 gives character to this wine. Structure comes out of the must fermentation of Chardonnay from selected berries and grapes which is done in amphoras of 500 liters. The revolutionary taste of this wine is the result of nothing added nothing removed winemaking.
