2020 White Pet Nat
2020 White Pet Nat
A Sylvaner and Pinot Blanc blend. Mashed for 10 hours. Fermented in stainless steel and old barriques. No added sulfites. Unfiltered.
Cuvée: Pet Nat Blanc
Style: Sparkling
Colour: White
Grapes/Blend: Sylvaner 40%, Pinot Blanc 60%
ABV: 10 %
Vintage: 2020
Winemaking: Manual harvesting of 20-50 year old vines. Foot-stomped and macerated for 10 hours. Fermented in stainless steel and old barriques. Unfiltered. Bottled in September 2020
Sulphur: None added
Soil: Loess, loam and shell limestone
Yield: 45hl/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.