Piri Naturel Mathilda 2021

Super fresh, effervescent, light with complex and diverese citrus, green orchard fruits, white flowers and hints of unripe tropical fruits. Soft, approachble and very very exciting.

Riesling fermented separately because later harvest. Sylvaner and Kerner are co fermented part in inox and part in large old wood called a Stückfass. Riesling macerates 1 night. Sylvaner 1 night (because otherwise hard to press due to thick skins), it’s kept on full lees in fermentation tank until bottling with a few grams of residual to capture some sparkle. No added yeasts, no sulfur, no fining, no filtration.

Piri Wein has been run by Christine Pieroth’s family since 1781, in the Nahe region of Germany in Burg Layen. Christine decided to split off her line of wine under the Piri Naturel label, to show a distinction between the classic wines her family continues to make and her own line, focused on organic viticulture and natural methods in the cellar. Christine has been inspired by her own work in her vegetable gardens, and is becoming more and more interested in biodyanamic practices.