Blood Brother White – 2022

Organic White Wine Cuvée Blutsbruder Weiß from Weingut Karl May

The 2022 Blutsbruder Weiß from Weingut Karl May is an organic white wine cuvée from Rheinhessen, made from Pinot Blanc and Chardonnay. Featuring melt-in-the-mouth texture, stone fruit, and exotic fruit, complemented by juicy freshness. An elegant companion for light cuisine.

Blutsbruder Weiß 2022 is a dry organic white wine cuvée from the Karl May winery, run by Fritz and Peter May in Osthofen, Rheinhessen, consisting of 80 percent Pinot Blanc and 20 percent Chardonnay. It is fragrant with ripe stone fruit and exotic fruit, tasting smooth and juicy. Melt and freshness meet here in a charming way, without either side overpowering the other.

Ripe stone fruit, exotic notes, delicate blossom

On the nose, ripe stone fruit and exotic fruit aromas, along with delicate floral notes and a fine herbal spice, which pique your curiosity for the first sip.

On the palate, the Pinot Blanc provides the melt-in-the-mouth quality, while the Chardonnay delivers the crisp freshness, carried by a fine acidity that ensures juicy vibrancy. With 12.5 percent alcohol and 4.7 grams of residual sugar, it is slightly less dry than its brothers, making it particularly accessible and appealing even for beginners. A wine that starts soft and ends fresh. Juicy, fruity, lively—that is how a successful white wine cuvée should drink.

Its place is beside white meat, poultry, and fish

Served well-chilled, the Blutsbruder Weiß goes well with much of what comes out of modern, light cuisine, and works just as well by the campfire.

It accompanies summer salads, white meat, poultry, or fish, and with its gentle nature, it finds a place almost everywhere. Thanks to the fine residual sweetness, it also goes down well with guests who don't like it bone-dry, and it is a hit with lightly spiced Asian dishes. Serve it at 8 to 10 degrees, and it will show its full juiciness. The Blutsbruder Weiß 2024 from the same cellar is drier and clearer.

A hint of barrique in the Blutsbruder family

When two brothers run a winery with the genuine and honest name Karl May in a spirit of camaraderie reminiscent of Winnetou and Old Shatterhand, then a white Blutsbruder simply must belong with the red one.

As with all Blutsbruder cuvées, Fritz and Peter May marry a local grape variety with an international one, in this case, Pinot Blanc with Chardonnay. The name is a tongue-in-cheek bow to the author Karl May, whose heroes swore eternal loyalty to each other. The cuvée works well with many light dishes but is just as suited for a relaxed evening with no occasion at all.

The grapes grow in various vineyards on sandy loess-loam, are organically farmed, and hand-picked. The must is spontaneously fermented and aged in stainless steel tanks, with a small portion maturing in barrique for six months on the fine lees, which provides complexity, fullness, and creaminess. The May family has been making wine for seven generations since 1815. You can find more in the Weingut Karl May assortment and among our German white wines. The red and rosé Blutsbruder are on the shelf right next to it. Come on, become a blood brother.

Blutsbruder Weiß – a wine and its values

• Origin Wine from Germany
• Growing region Rheinhessen
• Winery Karl May - Fritz and Peter
• Vintage 2022
• Grape variety 80% Pinot Blanc, 20% Chardonnay
• Screw cap
• 12.5% vol. alcohol
• 7.0 g/l acidity
• 4.7 g/l residual sugar

Organic inspection body DE-ÖKO-039 – German Agriculture