Wilde Heimat 2019

Name: Wilde Heimat 2019
Brand: 2NaturKinder
SKU: 2naturkinder-wildeheimatfranken-2019-12.5%-750ml
Price: 70.00 SGD
Availability: InStock

$70.00

Franconia, Germany · Skin contact / Orange wine

Wilde Heimat means wild homeland, and the name is not decoration. Michael Völker and Melanie Drese farm at Kitzingen in Franconia with the vineyard treated as habitat first: bat boxes among the rows, guano returned to the soil, and a share of every bottle going to the Landesbund für Vogelschutz. This is a white made in that spirit, fermented on its skins and bottled without filtration or added sulphur. Apple skin, dried herbs and a chalky, gently tannic pull, with an oxidative note at the edges that keeps it interesting rather than tidy.

Pairing Suggestions

For when a white has to hold its own against a full table.
Light tannin and dried herbs work with braised greens: kai lan, or lor bak.
In Franconia, Handkäse, or anything pickled and sharp.

About 2NaturKinder

Michael Völker and Melanie Drese came back to Kitzingen in Franconia in 2013 to take on the winery Michael's father had built, and the vines he had already converted to organic farming in the 1990s. They began small, a few hundred bottles from two parcels, and have kept both the scale and the intent intact ever since.

Franconia is not the loudest of German regions, which suits them. What sets 2Naturkinder apart is how far the farming reaches beyond the vine: Michael works with local bat expert Christian Söder to keep colonies in the vineyard, putting up bat boxes among the rows, returning their guano to the soil as fertiliser, and giving a share of every bottle to the Landesbund für Vogelschutz. The creatures that share the land end up in the names on the labels.

In the cellar the approach is simple and unwavering. Everything is bottled without filtration and without added sulphur, including their BRUTAL!!!, which was the first official German one. Expect wines that are bright, unpolished and genuinely alive, from crunchy Meunier to skin-contact Riesling and field-blend whites.

Photos taken by Daniel Koh

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