L'ÉTRANGÈRE WINES
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Ausländerin II
L'Étrangère
Vintage: 2023
Where: Weingut Staffelter Hof, Kröv, Mosel Valley, Germany
Grape variety: 100% Riesling
Alcohol by volume: 11,15%
Vineyards: Steffensberg vineyard, Paradisio vineyard, Letterlay (S-W orientation). Organic viticulture.
Soil: Grey Slates
Harvest: by hands in small cases on Friday 10/06/23, flower day.
Riesling - Steffensberg vineyard (grey slates), completed with 6 cases from Paradisio vineyard, and a few cases from Letterlay (S-W orientation, grey slates).
Winemaking: The grapes where put in the fridge container to cool down during the night. Saturday 10/07/23 crushing by feet (foulage au pied). Ski contact for 5h for Bin #1 and #2 and 8h for Bin #3. Press with small vertical pneumatic press.
Racking (débourbage) on 10/09/23.
Transfer 500L in barrel on 10/14/23 and around 300L in stainless steel tank.
No fining, no filtration.
Bottling on 05/17/24, fruit day.
Quantity: 1005 bottles and 10 Magnums, bottled on 02/26/24, flower day
Format: 750ml / 1500ml
Sulfite: 10mg/L added before bottling
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Ausländerin
L'Étrangère
Vintage: 2022
Where: Weingut MG vom Sol, Hohenruppersdorf, Weinviertel, Austria
Grape variety: 100% Grüner Veltliner
Alcohol by volume: 12,0%
Vineyards: Eben vineyard (40+ years old vines) & Staatz vineyard, biodynamic agriculture no certification.
Soil: Eben vineyard - loam
Harvest: by hands in small cases.
Grüner Veltliner - Eben vineyard 10/06/22, flower day; Grüner Veltliner - Staatz vineyard 10/07/22 to 10/09/22, flower, leaf, fruit days.
Winemaking: Eben grapes entered the cellar on Thursday 0/06/22, and get to cool down until Saturday 10/08/22. On 10/09/22 I destemmed by hand 3 buckets of the most perfect berries, that I put on the side. The grapes were pressed on 10/08/22 with a big vertical press and directly put by gravity in a 700L barrel. Then, the 3 buckets of round berries were added on top of the juice on 11/09/22. 12/09/22 the barrel was top up with the juice from Staatz vineyard.
End of August racking. Beginning of November second racking.
Bottled on 02/26/23, root day.
No fining, no filtration.
Quantity: 806 bottles, bottled on 02/26/24, flower day
Format: 750ml
Sulfite: 20mg/L added before bottling
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Tujka
L'Étrangère
Photo credit Rachel Cheng
Vintage: 2021
Where: Burja Estate, Podnanos, Vipava Valley, Slovenia
Grape varieties: Malvazjia, Laski Rizling, Rebula, Vitoska
Alcohol by volume: 13,4%
Vineyards: Malvazjia - Zemono, Laski Rizling - Ravno Brdo and Golavna, Rebula - Golavna, Vitoska- Golavna, biodynamic agriculture.
Soil: Flysch (alternation of marlstone, sandstone, breccia and conglomerate)
Harvest: by hands in small cases.
Malvazjia 09/18/21, flower day; Laski Rizling 09/22/21, Rebula, Vitoska, Laski Rizling 09/24/21, fruit day
Winemaking: Malvazjia 2 days in the fridge, whole clusters + 30% destemmed for pied de cuve . Laski Rizling 2 days in the fridge, 15% destemmed. Vitoska and Rebula whole clusters. Maceration on skin for 3-4 weeks with daily punch down (pigeage).
Pressed 10/15/21, decanted one day in Stainless steel and plastic containers and put into Dame-Jeannes. Transferred in Slovenian clay amphora (320L) on 01/10/22. No fining, no filtration.
Quantity: 359 bottles, bottled on 11/03/22, flower day
Format: 750ml
Sulfite: 5mg/L added before bottling
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La Extranjera
L'Étrangère
Vintage: 2020
Where: Microbio Wines, Nieva, Segovia, Spain
Grape varieties: 35% Syrah + Field blend of old red grapes vines inter-planted between the Verdejo vines (Garnacha, Cinsault, Carignan, Tempranillo, Mencía, etc.)
Alcohol by volume: 12,5%
Vineyard: biodynamic agriculture.
Soil: Sand mixte with pebbles, limestone, clay...
Harvest: beginning of September, by hands in small cases
Winemaking: first ⅓ slightly crushed, whole clusters, second ⅓ destemmed by hands, last ⅓ mainly Syrah whole clusters. Spontaneous fermentation. Semi-carbonic maceration. Pressed on 09/25/20 by foot. Racked once. No fining, no filtration.
Quantity: 130 bottles, bottled on 10/23/20, fruit day
Format: 750ml
Sulfite: no sulfites added.
