Wildrosé Pur 2020
Wildrosé Pur 2020
Portugieser, Riesling
Pfalz, Germany
Light bodied
Vibrant, dynamic Portugieser lifted with a twist of Riesling. Lower alcohol and with a delicate spritz, this is a glugger! Tart cranberry notes, with wild strawberries, earthiness and some funk thrown in to measure.
Sulphur: None added
Cuvée: Wildrosé
Vintage: 2020
Producers: Jonas and Daniel Brand
Region: Germany, Pfalz, Bockenheim
Style + Colour: Still, Rose
Grapes/Blend: Portugieser, Rieling
ABV: 10.5 %
Manual harvesting of the 50-year-old vines after a very dry and very hot year. Grapes are foot-crushed and macerate for 5 days, fermented with indigenous yeasts in 1200l old wooden barrels. No added sulphites. Unfiltered.
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.