Silvaner 2022

Country: Germany
Region: Franken 
Grape variety: Silvaner
Alcohol by volume: 12%
Bottle size: 0,75 l
Sulphur: minimal dose added at bottling (<25mg/l)

Silvaner 2022 is a blend from two vineyards in the Tauber valley; one that is pure shell limestone and the other planted with old vines on soils made up of vein graphite and shell limestone. The base wines ferment spontaneously in stainless steel tanks, with no temperature control. The young wines are kept on the lees for 12 months, without battonage, and blended the day before bottling — as with all of Stephan’s wines, a small, single dose of sulphur is added before bottling. A warm vintage and slow fermentation gives this wine freshness, substance, and a touch of volatile acidity.