Bertram-Baltes
Ahr | Dernau
For more than a century, Julia Bertram’s family has grown and made wine in the tiny, marginal Ahr Valley. When Julia took over the estate in 2017, she directed her focus first toward the cherished old family sites, where she organically farms a total of 6.8 hectares of precipitous slopes all planted to Spätburgunder (pinot noir, in German). “What makes our wines unique,” Julia explains, “is the combination of slate and Spätburgunder in such a northerly region.” Across the board, Julia’s wines impress with their slender elegance, their arresting coolness and clarity, and above all a precisely mapped sense of place.
Bertram-Baltes 2021 Dernauer Spätburgunder
The Dernauer Spätburgunder is an Ortswein, which means that the grapes are from traditional vineyards in the village Dernau. The soil formed from weathered slate and greywacke warm up easily and is able to store the heat in the south facing steep slopes. The wine is able to reflect this very particular and individual terroir extremely characteristically: a fruity and elegant character pared with a slight herby zest and mineral flavor.
- 2021
- Pinot Noir
- Germany
- Ahr
- Biodynamic
- Hardtberg and Pfarrwingert
- slate, greywacke, loam
- 18 months in 1200 liter barrel of german oak, no racking, no finings
- hand picked, destemmed and afterwards 4 days cold maceration, spontaneous fermentation in open mash tanks
- 1
- 750 ml
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