Description
Even though the chances of producing top-quality Pinot Noir in Siefersheim have been increasing in recent years, the microclimate on the Golden Horn went one better in 2020 and 2022. To capture this potential in the bottle, we spared no effort in getting the best out of our two small Pinot Noir plots. After extensive pre-harvesting, the vines were able to concentrate on the first grapes, causing the extract values for our single-vineyard wine to skyrocket. The completely healthy harvest was destemmed, further concentrated by juice extraction, and cold macerated with dry ice for two days before the mash, with most of the berries still intact, began fermentation. Only after 30 days on the mash was the Pinot Noir gently pressed.
The result is a Pinot Noir that has not lost the lightness of the grape variety, but scores with intense aromas and enormous potential. It smells of cocoa beans, black cherries, blueberries, sloes, fine smoke, and a hint of orange. On the palate, it remains clear and expressive with a firm and compact structure. Notes of black cherries, but also spicy hints of cocoa, allspice, and star anise form a juicy, herbaceous, and spicy, but distinctly dry and mineral profile.
Cultivation:
– Reductive pruning 8 eyes/m²
– Hand defoliation of the grape zone
– Hand harvesting of the first grape
– Yield per hectare: 5.000 l/ha
Vinification:
– De-stemming & manual picking of all remaining rape.
– Saignée
– Cold maceration with dry ice for two days
– 14 days of maceration in open vat, punch-downs 3-4 times a day starting from the first day of fermentation
– 16 days maceration after fermentation
– Gentle pressing + 1 day sedimentation; transfer to barrique & stainless steel
– Malolactic fermentation
– 2020: 21 months of barrel ageing, 50% in barrique, 50% in stainless steel
– 2022: months of barrel ageing (barrique, 4th filling)
– Unfiltered filling
Number of bottles: ~550 per vintage
Issue 264 End of December 2022, The Wine Advocate
falstaff wine guide 2026
“Floral aroma with dried rose petals, Pinot fruit, raspberry, sweet cherry, cool smoke. Elegant Pinot Noir with a lean, taut structure, tightly woven extract, finely chiseled acidity, fine-grained tannins, mineral undertones, more Pinot than Pinot Noir.”
translated from falstaff Wine Guide Germany 2026
