Pinot Noir Andi Knauss 2024

Pinot Noir Andi Knauss, organic, natural production, low levels of sulphur yet clean, fruit driven delicious Pinot Noir with a light touch and excellent balance.  This excellent value Pinot Noir shows how well it performs in certain areas of Germany.  Part whole bunch, part de-stemmed fruit is followed by natural fermentation in barrels.  The wine has fruit in spades but no overripe characteristics, or uncomfortable sweetness.  This is lovely, well balanced Pinot Noir at a great price.

Andi Knauss, who now is in his early thirties, started to work together with his father at their family estate in the Remstal region of Wurttemburg, east of Stuttgart in 2004 as the fourth generation wine maker.

Vineyard land here is expensive, but Andi has slowly built up the estate parcel-by-parcel, converting to organics after a stint learning the ropes in Austria. Today he makes wines from over a hundred different plots over 15 hectares of vineyards in Strumpfelbach. Terroir is limestone and Marl with altitude up to 400 m above sea level above the river Rems. Wine making is all natural, from yeasts to low sulphur, no fining or filtration.