Weingut Leiner is the newest member of Respekt-BIODYN, the very exclusive (25 members) Austrian/German biodynamic consortium which includes A-list wineries like Clemens Busch, Christmann, Rebholz, Wittmann Ott, Preisinger, and others. Leiner was certified organic in 2005 and Demeter-certified in 2011. Sven Leiner was also shortlisted last year for best German winemaker in Falstaff, Germany’s leading fine wine magazine. Congratulations Sven and Simone Leiner!
Weingut Jürgen Leiner is located in Ilbesheim in the southern Pfalz, at the edge of the Pfalzerwald (Pfalz forest) and about thirty minutes’ drive north of the Alsatian border. They own 16.5 hectares and produce about 120,000 bottles of Riesling, Pinot Noir, and a few other varieties. They are Demeter certified biodynamic since 2011 and members of Slow Food.
The Leiner Spätburgunder “Handwerk” is a generous, fruit-forward Pinot Noir with a flashing pale ruby color, effusive aromatics, and delicious cran-cherry character in a silky textured frame. The fruit is grown biodynamically (certified) in a mix of bundsandstein (colored sandstone) and alluvial soils on gentle slopes protected from inclement weather by the nearby Pfalzerwald (Pfalz forest). The wine is vinified and aged nine months in large barrels.
The Handwerk ("hand-crafted") wines from Leiner are mostly estate fruit but can contain some purchased fruit from a neighbor practicing biodynamic.
Weingut Jürgen Leiner is located in Ilbesheim in the southern Pfalz, at the edge of the Pfalzerwald (Pfalz forest) and about thirty minutes’ drive north of the Alsatian border. They own 16.5 hectares and produce about 120,000 bottles of Riesling, Pinot Noir, and a few other varieties. They are Demeter certified biodynamic since 2011 and members of Slow Food.
The Leiner Spätburgunder “Handwerk” is a generous, fruit-forward Pinot Noir with a flashing pale ruby color, effusive aromatics, and delicious cran-cherry character in a silky textured frame. The fruit is grown biodynamically (certified) in a mix of bundsandstein (colored sandstone) and alluvial soils on gentle slopes protected from inclement weather by the nearby Pfalzerwald (Pfalz forest). The wine is vinified and aged nine months in large barrels.
The Handwerk ("hand-crafted") wines from Leiner are mostly estate fruit but can contain some purchased fruit from a neighbor practicing biodynamic.
