Pinot Blanc from limestone, mineral and fresh
The 2025 Klumpp Pinot Blanc is a dry organic white wine from Baden, shaped by calcareous sandstone. Candied citrus, red apples, yellow stone fruit and a white fragrance, paired with clear minerality. Not a lush wine, but a refined, stimulating estate wine.
The 2025 Klumpp Pinot Blanc from the Klumpp winery is a dry estate wine from the Kirchberg steep slope in Unteröwisheim. Characterized by candied citrus fruit, red apples, yellow stone fruit and a white fragrance, complemented by pleasantly mineral notes from the calcareous sandstone. A wine with a clear focus and fine freshness. While some Pinot Blancs can come across as round and broad, this one focuses on tension and precision—one for those who like it lean and mineral.
Calcareous sandstone with its deep loess layer is the secret to this wine: it provides a complex minerality that gives the Pinot Blanc its drive and tension. The south-facing site is one of the estate's steepest vineyards—manual labor that pays off in the glass. Young vines, chalky soil and a steep southern slope together yield a wine that does not hide its origins.
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Red apple, stone fruit and limestone minerality
On the nose, candied citrus, red apples and yellow stone fruit, along with a delicate white fragrance.
On the palate, the white wine is fresh and clear, carried by a fine acidity and stony minerality. Mineral, fruity, long—a wine with drive that stimulates and leaves you wanting the next sip. That is how the Kirchberg tastes.
In the glass, light yellow with green reflections; on the palate, lean yet juicy. A wine that is fresher and tauter than many a lush Burgundy, which makes it pair so well with food. With a bit of air, the fruit opens up without losing the cool minerality.
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Fresh with fish, asparagus and seafood
This white wine is a versatile food companion, ranging from fish and asparagus to seafood.
It pairs well with pan-fried zander, white asparagus, oysters, mussels and light poultry. It tastes best served well-chilled at 9 to 11 degrees Celsius so that its minerality can shine. Sushi and ceviche demand exactly the freshness brought by its drive from the calcareous sandstone. It is also a fine companion to a light vegetable quiche or roasted asparagus.
For those looking for a more mature, creamier vintage, we offer the 2023 Klumpp Pinot Blanc alongside it, which brings a touch more melt.
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Gravity and long lees aging
Markus and Andreas Klumpp vinify the wine from roughly 25-year-old vines on the Kirchberg steep slope, certified organic and with plenty of manual work on the steep hillside. The brothers run the winery in Bruchsal together, with a fresh perspective and respect for the old vines.
Selectively hand-harvested in four passes, the grapes and must travel into the fermentation tanks via gravity, without the use of pumps. There, the wine ferments slowly and temperature-controlled in stainless steel tanks, without any rush.
Two months of aging on the lees preserves the fine, complex fruit and gives the wine a bit of melt without taking away its freshness. You can find it alongside the Klumpp Pinot Gris among the wines from the Klumpp winery. Hats off.
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Pinot Blanc Estate Wine – a wine and its values
- Origin: White wine from Germany
- Region: Baden
- Winery: Klumpp
- Grape variety: Pinot Blanc
- Organic wine
- Screw cap
- 12.5% vol. alcohol
- 7.3 g/l acidity
- 6.2 g/l residual sugar
Organic control body DE-ÖKO-039 – German Agriculture