2019 Brand Red
2019 Brand Red
A blend of: Portugieser 85% and Cabernet Franc 15%. Fermentation with wild yeasts in stainless-steel tank. No added sulphur. Unfiltered.
Cuvée: Brand Red
Style: Still
Colour: Red
Grapes/Blend: Portugieser 85%, Cabernet Franc 15%
ABV: 10%
Vintage: 2019
Winemaking: Manual harvesting of 50-year-old vines after a very dry and very hot year. Whole bunch maceration of 3-4 days for Portugieser and 7 days of maceration carbonique for Cabernet Franc. Fermentation with wild yeasts in stainless-steel tank. No added sulphur. Unfiltered. Bottled in October 2019
Sulphur: None added
Soil: Loess, loam and shell limestone
Yield: 60 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.