Vintage: 2021
Grape Varietals: Scheurebe and several clones of Muscat
Farming: Organic, Biodynamic, Unfined/Unfiltered, No added SO2
Maischevergoren translates to “skin contact.” This vintage has more of a white wine character than an orange wine, less tannins and fresher in style. It’s also complex and herbal with tasty notes of peach, clementine, grapefruit and herbs. Grapes are hand harvested, destemmed, and crushed by foot. Some of the skins are left in contact with the juice for 2 weeks, and some is left in contact for 4 weeks, making Christian’s only orange wine. The juice ferments in large barrels with indigenous yeast and no racking. It spends 1 year aging in 500 to 1500-liter barrels and is bottled without fining or filtering and no addition of sulfur.