Colour: Red
Style: Dry
Country: Germany
Grape variety: Pinot Noir
Vintage: 2011
Unit Quantity: 750ml
Taste dry
Origin Leinsweiler Sonnenberg
Classification VDP.Grosse Lage
Quality level German quality wine QbA Palatinate
Drinking temperature 17 - 19 °C
Storage potential 15-20 years
Alcohol content 13.5 % vol
Acidity 5.3 g/l
Residual sweetness 0.1 g/l
Fantastically matured Pinot Noir with clear structure and balance. Fine aromas of dark berries and wild fruits, delicate roasted aromas and finely integrated tannins.
Soil
Musselkalk
Read
Selective hand harvest in the middle of the grape harvest
Income
35 hl/ha
Vinification
Early defoliation of the grape zone in order to obtain optimal solar expansion, yield reduction by grape division, selective hand harvesting, transport of the mash by gravity without mechanical stress, intensive mash fermentation of approx. 15 days in small bats with three times immersion of the mash per day by hand, gentle peeping with 0.6 bar, 18 months storage in barrels made of Palatina oak
