Holger Koch, Kaiserstuhl Spätburgunder 2023

100% Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) Baden, Germany This addictive bottling of 35 yr old Spätburgunder vines boasts harmonious, delicate fruit. Tart cherry vibes, clear tannin structure and beautiful length — this German Pinot is, low key, the chilled red of your picnic dreams. 55% Baden clones, 45% Burgundian clones. 14 days maceration in 3000L wooden casks with 9 months aging in 3000L wooden casks. VEGAN From the importer- Holger trained in Bordeaux and worked for an importer in Frankfurt. When he returned to his family estate in Bickensohl in 1999, he steered his family away from the local co-op wines and replanted much of the vineyards with Organic Selection Massale vines from Alsace, Auxerrois or Burgundy, with only a few plots of old German vines making the cut.  The majority of the vineyards sit on Loess soil, a very sandy, easily breakable mix of pulverized limestone from long eroded mountains to the east and clay, at 250 meters above sea level.  Holger’s wines are grandpa chic—tha