2022 Riesling Stein & Fels
2022 Riesling Stein & Fels
Steely, electric Riesling from parcels on the Bockenheimer hill. As much energy as the brothers combined.
Cuvée: Riesling Stein & Fels
Style: Still
Colour: White
Grapes/Blend: Riesling
ABV: 12%
Vintage: 2022
Winemaking: 30 year old Riesling vines from a parcels scattered on the Bockenheimer hill, alongside a site on the neighbouring hill Kindenheim, farmed organically, crushed and macerated for 12 hours before pressing, settled for 18 hours before spontaneous fermentation commences, aged in stainless steel.
Sulphur: 25mg/l at bottling
Soil: Loess, loam with a lot of shell limestone
Yield: 50hl/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.