Heimat Silvaner 2019
Heimat Silvaner 2019
Silvaner
Medium Bodied
The Voelkers signature wine, powerful and elegant, just like Michael.
The grapes for this cuvée grow on a fairly steep plot close to the winery on young shell-limestone. The top and the bottom of the vineyard are a bit fatter, the middle section is dry and rocky. Vines are about 30 years old and have been farmed organically for almost 20 years.
Sulphur: None added
Cuvée: Heimat Silvaner
Vintage: 2018
Producer: 2Naturkinder
Winemakers: Melanie & Michael Voelker
Region: Germany, Franconia, Kitzingen
Style + Colour: Still, orange
Grapes/Blend: Silvaner
Abv: 11.5%
The grapes for the Voelkers premium cuvée grow on a fairly steep plot close to the winery on young shell-limestone. The top and the bottom soil of the vineyard are more focused on clay, the middle section is dry and rocky. Vines are about 35 years old and have been farmed organically for more than 20 years. The destemmed grapes always ferment quick being pumped up with nutrition and surrounded by diverse wild yeast populations. Bottled in March 2020.
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.
