2016 Wilde Heimat
2016 Wilde Heimat
100% Silvaner. About 50% of the grapes were fermented on the skins for ten days the rest was pressed after a night of skin-contact. No added sulphur.
Cuvée: Wilde Heimat
Style: Still
Colour: Skin
Grapes/Blend: Silvaner
ABV: 12.5%
Vintage: 2016
Winemaking: "The second vintage from this vineyard which we had inherited from our friend Stefan Vetter. It’s an approximately 40-something year old Silvaner vineyard, growing on the steepest top of the hill on meager Keuper soil. Loads of sun, hard to farm.About 50% of the grapes were fermented on the skins for ten days the rest was pressed after a night of skin-contact. Aging in 60-year old oak the wines came together in spring 2018 and remained in a tank until bottling in July 2018."
Sulphur: None added
Soil: Keuper
Yield: 48 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.