new - old - Moselle wine

When we decided in 1984 to let the wines ferment through in the future, the supposed guardians of the Grail chanted "The fall of Moselle wine culture" while the avant-garde enthusiastically celebrated a "new style". It was only a few years before it was taken by many as a role model in the context of general late reading fatigue and ultimately contributed to the fact that dry Moselle wine is now represented in top gastronomy worldwide.

Aber nur wer die Tradition in die Wirtschaftswunderjahren verortet, kann die Stilistik unseres Weins als »Neu« bezeichnen. In unserer Familie gärten die Weine viele Jahrhunderte lang durch, bis 1961 erstmalig die Gärung abgestoppt wurde. 

"Dry", however, is only one aspect of the renaissance of classic Moselle wine: old vines, high planting density with low crop yield, strict sorting of the grapes, maceration time, vinification without the addition of yeasts and enzymes, but long fermentation and long yeast storage in wooden barrels ...

And yet our wines are also very modern: Hygiene during filtration and bottle filling guarantee an unprecedented shelf life.