Spätburgunder 2018 Catalonia This balance allowed excellent phenolic

This balance allowed excellent phenolic development while preserving energy and tension in the wines

The vines are a study in patience: gnarled

Grauburgunder off Andi Mann's organic vines at Eckelsheim in Rheinhessen

and the wine is made with semi-carbonic maceration

with an oxidative note at the edges that keeps it interesting rather than tidy

Spätburgunder 2018 Catalonia This balance allowed excellent phenolicMichael Vlker and Melanie Drese came back to Kitzingen in 2013 to take on the winery Michael's father had built, working vines he had already turned organic in the 1990s. Franconia is not where most people go looking for Pinot Noir, which is a good part of the appeal. This is Sptburgunder grown on Franconian ground and handled the way they handle everything here: nothing filtered, no sulphur added. It is pale and savoury rather than plush, sour cherry