Blanc de Noir Brut Nature – 2022

Enjoy the Organic Blanc de Noir Brut Nature Sparkling Wine from Andres & Mugler

The Organic Sparkling Wine Blanc de Noir Brut Nature 2022 is a perfect introduction to the world of enjoyment offered by the sparkling wine manufacturer Andres & Mugler from the Palatinate region. This finely effervescent organic sparkling wine from Germany is made from equal parts of red Pinot Noir and Petit Meunier grapes, pressed white. It has aromas of red apple and red berries, like ripe blackberries, with subtle biscuit notes rounding out the flavor profile. On the palate, the organic sparkling wine shows a sparkling lightness, juicy and playful, with an elegant structure. The Andres & Mugler Organic Blanc de Noir Sparkling Wine 2022 was produced using traditional bottle fermentation.

Blanc de Noir – Inner Values

• 12.0 % vol Alcohol
• 7.8 g/l Acidity
• 1.8 g/l Residual Sugar

Organic Sparkling Wine – How the Brut Nature is Made

The Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier grapes for this Andres Mugler organic sparkling wine grow on mineral soils in the Palatinate, in Ruppertsberg, Deidesheim, and Maikammer. The cool winds from the nearby Palatinate Forest ensure a good acid structure in the early-harvested base wines, which is essential for good sparkling wine.

The quality philosophy of the Andres Mugler sparkling wine manufacturer begins with careful soil cultivation and consistent greening. The vineyard work of Michael Andres and Steffen Mugler is pure craftsmanship and characterized by a great love for biodynamics. The rhythm of nature largely dictates their actions. For both, healthy soil, intact flora and fauna, and thus a strong vine, are prerequisites for a healthy circular economy. Therefore, they hand-pick all biodynamically cultivated vineyards to bring the grapes undamaged to the sparkling wine estate in Ruppertsheim.

Here, the red grapes are then gently pressed to avoid dissolving the red color pigments from the skins, allowing white must to run off. Only about two-thirds of the juice present in the berries is pressed.

In the cellar, Steffen Mugler and Michael Andres give their sparkling wines time. The grapes are allowed to ferment slowly and undergo malolactic fermentation, in which the malic acid in the wine is converted into the milder lactic acid, which gives the base wine for the sparkling wine a special mouthfeel and creaminess.

The following year, the Blanc de Noir is bottled and tirage is added to initiate the second fermentation in the bottle. The dosage was between 3 and 5g/l. Now it is allowed to rest and mature on its fine lees for another year. It is regularly riddles, and the bottles are increasingly turned upside down until, at the end, the yeast plug is manually disgorged from the bottle. The Andres Mugler Organic Blanc de Noir Brut Nature sparkling wine then rests in the bottle until "it's good when it comes out," as Steffen emphasizes.

Andres & Mugler – The Sparkling Wine Makers

The Andres & Mugler sparkling wine manufacturer in Ruppertsberg was founded in 1989 by two friends and Palatinate winemakers, Michael Andres and Steffen Mugler. In the early years, base wines were purchased and made into sparkling wine, but since 1993, only grapes from their own cultivation have been used for sparkling wine production. On a total of 17 hectares (7 hectares for Michael and 10 hectares for Steffen), the sparkling wine estate practices biodynamic viticulture, growing Riesling and white Burgundy varieties such as Pinot Blanc, Auxerrois, and Chardonnay, as well as Pinot Meunier and Pinot Noir in the best vineyards of the Palatinate. From these grapes, German sparkling wine with a distinctive, elegant style is produced through traditional bottle fermentation. Sparkling wine from Germany at the highest level and in organic quality. In 2019, two sparkling wines were rated as very good for the first time at the Meininger Deutscher Sektpreis, followed in 2021 by the award from Eichelmann Deutschlands Weine as the best sparkling wine collection of 2021. All honor to them. The Andres & Mugler sparkling wine estate is a member of "die Sektmacher," the association of traditional sparkling wine producers.

Organic control body DE-ÖKO-039 – German Agriculture