Badischer Landwein Rot 2020

Wine information
A Pinot Noir from different vineyard sites by Uwe Lange and Marco Pfliehinger. Younger vines and those plots that are not used in the single-vineyard wines were utilised here. 100% Manual labour in the vineyard and cellar. Depending on the vintage, either destemming or whole-cluster fermentation is carried out. The grapes are briefly foot-crushed in small wooden vats and fermented on the skins for around three weeks with moderate pigeage. The grapes are then pressed on an old basket press. The country wine is racked over the broquereau and matured exclusively in used wooden barrels, mainly in barriques and pièces. No yeasts, enzymes, fining or filtration are used and, depending on the vintage, a maximum of 30 mg sulphur is added.

Colour
Purple-red with mahogany-coloured brightening towards the rim.

Nose
A smoky, almost mystical and complex aroma emerges from the glass; tobacco, peat, salmiak and wood smoke are omnipresent. Its fruit is ripe, pleasantly crumbly and reminiscent of sweet wild raspberries, pickled cranberries, Douglas fir cherries and ripe figs. With more oxygen, fragrant floral notes of roses, violets and lavender join in. An extremely exciting start, in which fine minerality is omnipresent.

Palate
A lively and multi-faceted wine on the tongue, it is cool even in warmer temperatures and impresses with its playful acidity and fine-grained tannins. The well-dosed use of wood keeps it in check, it shows grip and playfulness and harmonises excellently with smoked meats and game.

Decant and enjoy slightly chilled from Burgundy glasses.