2018 Pinot Blanc Holy Chapel
2018 Pinot Blanc Holy Chapel
100% Pinot Blanc. Fermentation with indigenous yeasts and maceration for 12 hours, aged in used oak barrels for 12 months. No added sulphur. Unfiltered.
Cuvée: Pinot Blanc Holy Chapel
Style: Still
Colour: White
Grapes/Blend: Pinot Blanc
ABV: 11%
Vintage: 2018
Winemaking: Named after the old pilgrimage chapel in the middle of the site. Great structure and salty finish from high amounts of limestone in soil. From a single vineyard; the Heiligenkirche. Hand-harvested. Fermentation with indigenous yeasts and maceration for 12 hours, aged in used oak barrels for 12 months. No added sulphur. Unfiltered . Bottled end of August 2019
Sulphur: None added
Soil: Loess, loam and shell limestone
Yield: 35 hl/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.