Riesling Brut Magnum 2021

The grapes for our Riesling Brut come from organically cultivated vineyards around Bechtheim. For this sparkling wine, we harvest earlier than for our still wines – selectively by hand, exclusively healthy and aromatically ripe grapes. The careful hand-picking into small containers and direct transport to the winery ensure the quality and freshness of the grapes. To obtain a particularly fine, elegant must, we press the grapes whole – the so-called whole bunch pressing. This gentle method produces a clear, precise base wine that preserves the freshness and typical Riesling aroma.

In the cellar we split the batch: around half ferments in stainless steel, for freshness, directness and fruit. The other half ferments spontaneously in a traditional large oak cask, which adds depth and a harmonious texture and gives the finished sparkling wine more complexity. Work in the cellar is as careful as in the vineyard. The must is clarified by sedimentation alone, without any additives. The fruit is moved by gravity only; we deliberately do without pumps in order to treat the young wine as gently as possible. After around nine months on the full lees the wine is bottled for the second fermentation, by the traditional method. There it develops over time its fine bead, a balanced structure and the layered character typical of our Riesling Brut.