Blaufränkisch Himmelreich, an elegant single-vineyard wine from Baden
The 2017 Klumpp Blaufränkisch Himmelreich is an unfiltered organic single-vineyard wine from Baden. Complex and elegant, with notes of cherry, blackcurrant, pepper, and mocha. Not a heavy red, but a refined, profound wine with aging potential.
The 2017 Klumpp Blaufränkisch Himmelreich from the Klumpp winery is an unfiltered single-vineyard wine from the Himmelreich site in the Kraichgau region. A wonderfully vibrant red wine, complex and elegant, with exotic aromas of eucalyptus, pepper, bell pepper, and redcurrant, supported by a fine minerality.
Blaufränkisch is a grape variety with character: it brings spice, freshness, and fine tannins, and in the Himmelreich vineyard, it shows itself to be particularly elegant. On the loess-loam soils of the Kraichgau, in a mild climate, the old vines ripen slowly and deeply. While the variety is still a rarity in Germany, it is at home in the Austrian Burgenland and in Baden. At Klumpp, it is aged unfiltered and with extended skin contact to fully exhaust its spice and depth.
Cherry, blackcurrant, dark mocha
On the nose, finely spiced wood, juicy cherries, tart blackcurrant, dark mocha, and a subtle herbal spice.
On the palate, the wine is dense and profound, yet clear and transparent in color with fine tannins. Spicy, mineral, long—a red that shows its origins and will develop magnificently with a few years of aging. A pleasure even now.
In the glass, it shines bright and transparent, almost like a mature Pinot, but cooler and spicier on the palate. A wine that prioritizes elegance over power and is all the more memorable for it. With every year of bottle aging, it will become even more refined and complex.
A red for lamb, game, and hard cheese
Blaufränkisch is a spicy food companion for robust dishes, from lamb and game to mature hard cheese.
It pairs well with braised lamb, venison with juniper, duck breast, and aged mountain cheese. At 16 to 18 degrees, the Blaufränkisch reveals its spice; decant it an hour before the meal so the aromas can open up. Game in autumn finds a companion in its spice and fine tannins that supports the dish. It is also a pleasure with wild boar ragout pasta or aged Comté.
For those who would like to try the younger vintage, we offer the 2019 vintage alongside it, which spent more time in wood and is slightly firmer.
Aged for eleven months in barriques
Markus and Andreas Klumpp craft the wine from approximately 30-year-old vines in the Kraichgau. The brothers run the winery in Bruchsal together, certified organic and with great patience in the cellar.
The grapes are harvested by hand in several passes; about 15 percent is produced via saignée. Afterward, the mash undergoes four days of cold maceration, followed by classic fermentation, during which it is submerged by hand three times a day—for about 14 days.
The wine then matures for eleven months in French oak barriques, half in new and half in used wood, giving it structure without an intrusive woody note. You can find it alongside the Klumpp Weiherberg Pinot Noir among the wines from the Klumpp winery. Bravo.
Himmelreich Blaufränkisch – a wine and its values
- Origin: Red wine from Germany
- Growing region: Baden
- Winery: Klumpp
- Organic wine
- Grape variety: Blaufränkisch
- Site: Himmelreich
- 13.5% vol. alcohol
- 5.9 g/l acidity
- 1.8 g/l residual sugar
Organic inspection body DE-ÖKO-039 – German Agriculture