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The grapes ferment with the skins for more than three weeks - like red wine - before they are pressed. Although this mash fermentation does not produce a red color due to the lack of pigment in the grape skins, it leaches out all the more tannins. After ageing in small wooden barrels for 15 months, the first vintages were bottled with minimal addition of sulphur. The late bottling for the 2021 vintage was even aged for 6 years. Due to the unusual production method, this white wine has more in common with red wine in terms of smell and taste - with the exception of the red color ...

The grapes for this wine come from the Buschenberg and Loibenberg vineyards and a small part from the Hochrain vineyard. These are all vineyards that are cultivated without tractors and by hand.

2021 : Alcohol 12.7% vol, dry at 0.7g/l RZ, 5.4g/l acidity, pH 3.4

2016: alcohol 12.9% vol, dry at 1g/l RZ, 4.7g/l acidity, pH 3.3

2015: Alcohol 12.5% vol, dry at 1g/l RZ, 5.6g/l acidity, pH 3.4

("Late filling" filled in fall 2021)