Kaufmaus 2023
Kaufmaus 2023
The wine formerly known as ‘Under & Over’ . . . Andi’s collaborative field-blend returns under a new name and this time with the help of our friends Bertie (of Ducksoup), Lindsey (Jolene), Raj (Bubala), and Alex (Elliots). And featuring a label illustration by Marc Springhetti (also Ducksoup) inspired by a mutual love of vineyard-grown rocket and German supermarkets (don’t ask).
Weighty old-vine Muller-Thurgau acts as a base, with the remaining 60% comprising equal parts Scheurebe, Silvaner, and Pinot Blanc. The resulting wine is bright, aromatic, elegant, and mineral, with some saline white peach and a lovely length. Serious fun.
Style: Still
Colour: White
Producer: Andi Weigand
Country: Germany
Region: Iphofen, Franconia
Grapes: Muller-Thurgau, Pinot Blanc, Silvaner, and Scheurebe
ABV: 11%
Sulphur: None added
Andi Weigand is part of the new wave of "college-escapee" winemakers sweeping Germany, overturning old expectations of his homeland's wine, but with a definite sense of place.
Vineyards are mostly on or around the Iphöfer Kronsberg, a hill which rises precipitously from the plain below. Unique Keuper soils give the wines power without high alcohol. Andi works on the sides or lower down the hill to achieve more subtlety in his wines compared to other area producers, whose steep south-facing slopes now receive much more sunshine – perhaps climate-change induced.
Mixing tradition with progress Andi uses an 80-year-old basket press and vinifies in large German oak. He also experiments with maceration in qvevri.
