2018 Sylvaner Elis Pur
2018 Sylvaner Elis Pur
100% Sylvaner. Fermentation with indigenous yeasts. Aged 16 months in used oak barrels. No added sulphur. Unfiltered.
Cuvée: Sylvaner Elis Pur
Style: Still
Colour: Skin
Grapes/Blend: Silvaner
ABV: 13%
Vintage: 2018
Winemaking: Their oldest Sylvaner vineyard does its own thing and takes its time. 80-year-old vines. Maceration - 50% eight hours and 50% fermentation on the skins over 2 weeks. Fermentation with indigenous yeasts. Aged 16 months in used oak barrels. No added sulphur. Unfiltered.
Sulphur: None added
Soil: Loess, loam and shell limestone
Yield: 15 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.