Hanewald-Schwerdt Spatburgunder

Bright strawberry and cherry notes lead the way with some delicious savoury character and good minerality. Intense and medium bodied, you'll find earthy flavours with wild herbs and smoky oak, but the juicy fruit, crunchy minerality and lively acidity keeps it vibrant and easy drinking.

The family owned and operated estate Hanewald-Schwerdt was founded in 1955 in Leistadt. Today Thomas Hanewald & Stephan Schwerdt took over the family business which was established by their grandfather. The two cousins focus on Riesling and Pinot Noir. Pinot Blanc is the second most important white variety. The secret of their handcrafted wines is a unique lime-stone reef which dominates all the sites around Leistadt. A hidden treasure away off the beaten track. The vines are old and surrounded by a protected natural resort in the shade of the Haardt mountains.

After picking they performed a cold soaking for one day until fermentation on skins was started by inoculation of the must. Three pump-overs a day during fermentation are done to aid extraction. After fermentation the wine has some time to extract tannins out of the skins for two more days. After pressing the wine was aged in 6000 litre barrel, a small amount went into 225l French oak barrels for one year, with around 20% of the wine aged in new oak.