WEINGUT CARL EHRHARD (Rheingau, Germany)
Pinot Noir "Petras"2008
Varietals: 100% Pinot Noir. This wine was made in honor of the ladies behind Savio and Carl, both named Petra! Hand picked for perfect ripeness. Only natural yeasts are used in the must. Maceration lasts for 12 days and then fermentation and settling in 1200L barrels. Afterwards, it is aged in small 225L barrels.
On some of the best ground in Rudesheim, sits 10 acres of old vines tended by Carl and Petra Ehrhard. The winery was founded 150 years ago. Since 1998, the couple has tried to merge the traditional and the innovative: old vineyard management and modern winemaking equipment. Beautifully clean stainless steel tanks line the cellar next to old oak barrels. Riesling vines (90%) flourish among Pinot Noir (10%). The soils are mostly ancient slate soils crumbling down the steep slopes. In the cellar, fermentations are temperature controlled (cool), gentle and slow. With the whites, there is minimal filtration, to preserve natural residual sugars and bottled with little air contact. The reds ferment in open top vats, aged in oak and never filtered.
Varietals: 100% Pinot Noir. This wine was made in honor of the ladies behind Savio and Carl, both named Petra! Hand picked for perfect ripeness. Only natural yeasts are used in the must. Maceration lasts for 12 days and then fermentation and settling in 1200L barrels. Afterwards, it is aged in small 225L barrels.