Weingut Kühling-Gillot & Battenfeld Spanier

2022 Kühling-Gillot Kreuz Spätburgunder VDP. Grosse Lage

VDP. Grosse Lage
Spätburgunder
Red wine

Our parcel of the Oppenheimer Kreuz vineyard is located at an altitude of 100-140 metres in the old core of the site. The soil there is characterised by limestone, interspersed with fragments of coarse and shell limestone. The Kreuz confirms the foresight with which Carolin's father Roland opened the chapter on Pinot Noir with all the experience he gained in Burgundy during his studies: Thanks to the calcareous soils, old Kerner vines were grafted with Pinot Noir clones from Burgundy in 1996, at a time when few people thought in terms of origin or Pinot Noir. Pinot Noir is able to express its terroir in a way similar to white wine. The GL CROSS is probably named after a tall sandstone cross that stands at the foot of the vineyard.
The grapes are selectively harvested by hand, gently fermented spontaneously in the cuve and carefully pressed after about 10 days. The wine matures in second-use French barriques.