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Sparkling wine (PetNat), Organic
| Origin | vineyards north of Langenlois |
|---|---|
| Soil type | Gneiss |
| Grape variety | Blauer Zweigelt |
| Harvest | September 16, 2020 |
| Ageing | inox tank |
| Bottling | October 2020, disgorgement: see back label |
| Trinking temperature | 11 °C |
Crisp grapes with fresh acidity are gently pressed as whole bunches and result in an elegant fermenting wine. This wine is bottled directly from the fermenting tank during the first fermentation and with the wild yeasts. Those will ferment the natural sugar from the grapes, without any additives. After storing on the lees for about a year, a large part of the yeast was removed during disgorging, where a little sulfur is added, but no sugar liqueur – Rosé Ancestral is therefore brut nature.
The technique of creating sparkling wine from first fermentation is also known as méthode ancestrale. A method that was used to create sparkling wines long before the triumph of champagne. After an experimental period of 4 years, we released our first sparkling wine of this type with the 2016 vintage. Often these wines are also titled as Pétillant naturel or PetNat for short. An artisanal bubbly, made purely from grapes.
After a dry and warm winter, the season started quite normally. A very warm and sunny April did little to accelerate development, as it was accompanied by extreme dryness that lasted for weeks. May saw great amounts of rainfall, and June was also very damp and changeable. Flowering occurred at the usual average time and was generally unproblematic. A good old-fashioned summer followed, characterized by alternating sunny and rainy periods, with neither long heatwaves nor temperature spikes. After all, 2020 was a cool influenced vintage, resulting in wines with lower alcohol and a lot of elegance.
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