LeipoldPinot Noir “Grand Cru” Trocken (750ml)
Country:
Germany
Unit Type:
750ml
Estimated Price:
$90
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This is an estate we were introduced to by Klaus Peter Keller. Peter Leipold, the young son who is taking over the winery, simply has “the touch,” I don’t know how else to say it. Nearly every wine I’ve tasted from the estate is incredibly linear, light, incisive and penetrating yet also electric. Two words keep coming to mind: saturation and evaporation. The wines have a super-fine, glycerine density to them, yet then they are gone, weightless… only the energy reverberating. These wines are Silvaner as mineral scalpel; drink carefully.
This is his “Grand Cru” – top quality pinot noir – French clones with cuttings from undisclosed French vineyard. 40% whole bunch with two days of cold maceration then a fast and short skin fermentation before gentle pressing straight into barrel. 30-40% new Francois Freres barrels, the rest are used barrels from DRC. 30-year old vines in the southwest facing “filet” portion of the Lansdknecht Muschelkalk hill.
| Country | Germany |
|---|---|
| Unit Type | 750ml |
| Alcohol | 13% |
| Wine Class | Still Red |
| Pack Size | 12 |
| Address | Franken |
| Estimated Price | $90 |