Spätburgunder 2018 Recerca Jean-Michel and Laurence Petit farm

Jean-Michel and Laurence Petit farm seven and a half hectares in Arbois-Pupillin

Once the blend is created

On deep alkaline clay-limestone

Babel comes from Laura and Paulo's L'étranger

finely textured palate

Spätburgunder 2018 Recerca Jean-Michel and Laurence Petit farmMichael Vlker and Melanie Drese came back to Kitzingen in 2013 to take on the winery Michael's father had built, working vines he had already turned organic in the 1990s. Franconia is not where most people go looking for Pinot Noir, which is a good part of the appeal. This is Sptburgunder grown on Franconian ground and handled the way they handle everything here: nothing filtered, no sulphur added. It is pale and savoury rather than plush, sour cherry