2018 Spätburgunder
2018 Spätburgunder
After two trickier vintages 2018 was very satisfying. Fantastic grapes and a higher quantity than the years before, a more powerful vintage.
Cuvée: Spatburgunder
Style: Still
Colour: Red
Grapes/Blend: Pinot Noir
ABV: 10.5%
Vintage: 2018
Winemaking: Grapes were destemmed with 20% of the stems added back in the must. Fermentation took eight days. The wine went into two old barrels for malolactic fermentation and was racked and blended into a bigger barrel in summer 2019 before being bottled in March 2020.
Sulphur: None added
Soil: Shell limestone
Yield: 17 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.