Designation of Origin: Deutscher Landwein Main
Vintage: 2022
Grape(s): Regent 60%, Domina 30% Pinot Gris 5% and 5 % of a small plot on the hillside planted to a mix of red Piwis: Cabernet Jura, Cabertine, Cabernet Cortis, Monarch. Half of the Domina was purchased fruit from a nearby friend who also works organic.
Vinification: The Regent was pressed directly. The Domina was one night on the skins and pressed the next day. The Pinot gris was on the skins for 7 days. The red hybrids were vinified as a red, destemmed and macerated for about 8 days, the juice was dark as the night, and these 200L brought some goth personality to the rosé.
Aging: In stainless for 11 months + five months in bottle before release.
Bottled: 25th of August 2023
Soil type: Gipskeuper
Age of vines: The Regent was planted in 2001, the Domina in . The Pinot Gris was on its third leaf for the 2022 vintage. The red piwis were planted in 2016.
Sulfur: All of our wines had a microdose of sulfur pre-bottling, and analyses came back under 20mg total.
A note about the name: A beach wine? Yes, but make it goth.