2018 Pinot Noir
2018 Pinot Noir
100% Pinot Noir. Fermentation with wild yeasts, aged in 500l and 225l wooden barrels (5-10 years old). No added sulphur. Unfiltered.
Cuvée: Pinot Noir
Style: Still
Colour: Red
Grapes/Blend: Pinot Noir
ABV: 12 %
Vintage: 2018
Winemaking: Manual harvesting of 40-year-old vines after a very dry and very hot year. 7 days of cold maceration and 7 days of mash fermentation, 30% Maceration carbonique. Fermentation with wild yeasts, aged in 500l and 225l wooden barrels (5-10 years old). No added sulphur. Unfiltered. Bottled in August 2019
Sulphur: None added
Soil: Loess, loam and shell limestone
Yield: 35hl/ha
Fifth-generation winemaker Daniel Brand first brought organic production to his Bockenheim family farm in 2007 and joined by brother Jonas, started producing wines without sulphur in 2014 (Pur). Riesling and Pinot Blanc dominate their collection, and they make wines with youthful attitude but also care and precision. Their 16 hectares are mostly on the windy Bockenheimer hillside, planted on loam with a lot of shell limestone. It is one of the coolest climate sites in the Pfalz.