Pinot Noir, 2022, Bockenheim, Germany

Producer: Jonas and Daniel Brand

Grape: pinot noir

Soil: Loam and limestone

Different plots with different clones of pinot noir aged between 7 years old and 45 years old. Hand harvested, wild yeast. Different kind of fermentation, 50% of carbonic marceration for 2 weeks. And another 50% of cold maceration destemmed for 2 weeks. Aged in used oak barrel, tonneaux and barriques for 11 months.

Fifth-generation winemaker Daniel Brand first brought organic production to his Bockenheim family farm in 2011 and joined by brother Jonas, started producing wines without sulphur in 2014 (Pur). Riesling and Pinot Blanc dominate their collection, and they make wines with youthful attitude but also care and precision. Their 20 hectares are mostly on the windy Bockenheimer hillside, planted on loam with a lot of shell limestone. It is one of the coolest climate sites in the Pfalz. All their grapes are foot stump. Their grand-mother is responsible for all the drawing on their label.