How we made it
The second vintage from this vineyard which we had inherited from our friend Stefan Vetter. It’s an approximately 40-something year old Silvaner vineyard, growing on the steepest top of the hill on meager Keuper soil. Loads of sun, hard to farm.
About 50% of the grapes were fermented on the skins for ten days the rest was pressed after a night of skin-contact. Aging in 60-year old oak the wines came together in spring 2018 and remained in a tank until bottling in July 2018.
Fact sheet
Variety: Silvaner
Location: Iphofen
Soil: Keuper
Harvest: October 2016
Yield: 48 hl/ha
Malolactic fermentation and aging in old oak, after 16 months in a tank
Bottled: July 2018
Bottles produced: 800
Alcohol: 12.5%
Acidity: 4.9 g/l
Residual sugar: 0.7 g/l
Total SO2: 24 mg/l
Bottle size: 0.75 l