Grapes: Riesling
Region: Nahe, Germany
Vintage: 2023
Viticulture: Biodynamic
Soils: Sandy, pebbly and quartz-rich soil on south-facing slopes with ocean influence.
Vinification: Grapes are hand-harvested and left to macerate with the skins for 1 day (no de-stemming) before being foot stomped and gently pressed into 1200l traditional Stückfässer barrels. Wine goes through native-yeast fermentation and ages 18 months on full lees (no battonage) in the same vessels. Bottled unfined/unfiltered with nothing added.
Aging: 18 months
Fining or Filtering: None
Sulfur: None
Notes from the Importer: Piri Wein has been run by Christine Pieroth’s family since 1781, in the Nahe region of Germany in Burg Layen. Christine decided to split off her line of wine under the Piri Naturel label, to show a distinction between the classic wines her family continues to make and her own line, focused on organic viticulture and natural methods in the cellar. Christine has been inspired by her own work in her vegetable gardens, and is becoming more and more interested in biodyanamic practices. Christine works only with wild yeast, never fines or filters, and adds either zero or very low amounts of sulfur. Her labels show local flora that she collected in or around her vineyard sites, handprinted on fabric, and that had digitized to make the labels.
