Producer notes from Vom Boden Imports:

"Alex Götze and Christoph Wolber, two Germans, were bitten by the same Burgundy-bug and ended up meeting each other in Beaune, both on their own wine-pilgrimage. Alex was born and raised in the area of Dresden and came to wine through architecture. Christoph was raised in Baden and a bottle of Bernard van Berg was so compelling that he ended up just jumping on his motorcycle and heading west.

Over a period of nearly a decade, both garnered pretty serious Burgundian credentials, working at Comte Armand, Bernard van Berg, Leflaive, de Montille, Pierre Morey and Domaine de la Vougeraie. Alex, in fact, was the vineyard manager for de Montille until 2021."

About the cuvee:

"Pinot Noir – 10% whole cluster, 25yo vines, different origins and orientations from the Kaiserstuhl; south of Staufen.

Reds ferment in open-top vats and are later moved to age in older barrels with not more then 10-20% new oak for most wines. Their aim is for less than 20ppm (most of them are about 10 ppm or less) free S02 in all wines. For the classic reds (not the Nouveau) average time on the skins is 16-20 days and then they wait for the temperature to get above the mid-80s (naturally). Extraction is mainly through foot treading and manual punch downs; everything is bottled no fining / filtering."