Klumpp Winery – Blaufränkisch Himmelreich
The Klumpp Blaufränkisch Himmelreich 2017 is an unfiltered single-vineyard wine from Baden. A wonderfully stimulating red wine: complex and elegant with exotic aromas of eucalyptus, pepper, paprika, and red currant, as well as a fine minerality. On the nose, it offers finely spiced wood, juicy cherries, tart black currant, dark mocha, and herbal spice. Dense and profound, it shows its origin, yet is impressively transparent in color and refined. A wine that will develop magnificently with a few years of aging.
The approximately 30-year-old vines from Burgundy are located in Kraichgau, where about 65 million years ago a deep hollow formed when the Odenwald and Black Forest mountains rose and the Upper Rhine Plain developed between the Vosges and the Palatinate Forest. Due to these shifts, the region is now rich in different soil formations. The up to 30-meter thick loess loam layer and the resulting soils, as well as the mild climate, offer optimal conditions for viticulture, especially for organic viticulture.
The Pinot Noir grapes for this organic wine from Klumpp Winery grow in the Weiherberg vineyard, a spectacular high plateau on the edge of a quarry with plenty of shell limestone. Kirchberg, on windblown, deposited loess in a steep slope, enriched with limestone and other minerals. The cool winds from the Vosges lower the temperatures overnight and give the grapes more time to ripen. This produces long-lived wines with high density and complexity, supported by a unique, stony and tart minerality.
Winemaking – Markus and Andreas Klumpp
To harvest ripe grapes in autumn, optimal sun exposure is required, so Markus and Andreas Klumpp ensure early bilateral defoliation of the grape zone. Later, yield reduction is achieved by grape splitting and thinning to one grape per shoot. Selective hand harvesting of the grapes takes place in several passes during the cool morning hours. At the winery, grapes and mash are not pumped, but are gravity-fed into the fermentation tanks. This results in approximately 15% saignée. The Blaufränkisch grapes first undergo 4 days of cold maceration, followed by classic mash fermentation with the mash being punched down three times daily by hand for about 14 days. Afterwards, it matures for 11 months in French oak barriques, with 50% maturing in new wood and 50% in used barrels.
Himmelreich – a wine and its values
- 13.5% vol. alcohol
- 5.9 g/l acidity
- 1.8 g/l residual sugar
Organic control body DE-ÖKO-039 German Agriculture