2020 Fledermaus Rot
2020 Fledermaus Rot
A single-vineyard wine made of the variety Schwarzriesling, (Pinot Meunier) The vineyard is perched on the crest of the hill, otherwise surrounded by the town, providing a micro-habitat fro 15 different species of bats space to hunt. A carbonic maceration for the glou-glou style Melanie & Michael love.
Cuvée: Fledermaus Rot
Style: Still
Colour: Red
Grapes/Blend: Schwarzriesling (Pinot Meunier)
ABV: 11.5%
Vintage: 2020
Winemaking: Hand-harvested Schwarzriesling, guyot-trained, growing on shell limestone. Carbonic maceration with whole bunches covered with a layer of destemmed fruit, pressed after 6 days. After pressing the wine finished fermentation in a stainless steel tank, bottled in October 2021.
Sulphur: None added
Soil: Shell limestone
Yield: 46 hl/ha
Michael and Melanie left their corporate jobs behind and started making wine in Michael’s parents’ winery in 2013. After discovering their taste for natural wine, they converted the 6 hectare vineyard to organic practices. They've developed a repertoire of wild delights which are hand-harvested, indigenous-yeasts vinification without sulphur and unfiltered. As well as their natural range, they also make wines with purchased grapes which are very lightly sulphured and filtered for a slightly different market.