Chardonnay Kirschyard 2023

Name: Chardonnay Kirschyard 2023
Brand: Weingut Mann
SKU: weingutmann-chardonnaykirschyard-2023-12.5%-750ml
Price: 75.00 SGD
Availability: InStock

$75.00

Rheinhessen, Germany · White Wine · Light Bodied

Kirschyard, the cherry orchard, is the parcel that gives this wine its name: a patch of Andi Mann's organically farmed vines in Eckelsheim, up in the steep, forested folds of southern Rheinhessen that locals half-jokingly call Rheinhessen's Switzerland. Chardonnay is not the region's calling card, which is exactly why Andi's version is worth paying attention to. It is hand-picked, fermented with wild yeasts, and left to settle slowly in old wood that shapes texture without leaving a mark. What comes through is orchard fruit and citrus pith over a fine chalky line, the quiet salinity that the region's limestone pushes into everything grown on it. Precise rather than showy, with the freshness to sit at the table through a long meal.

Pairing Suggestions

Chardonnay that stays out of the way, which is the hardest thing for Chardonnay to do.
Its chalky line suits clean steaming: steamed fish with ginger, or chicken rice.
Or a mushroom tart, with a green salad dressed sharply.

About Weingut Mann

Andi Mann is the latest of a family that has made wine at Eckelsheim since 1699, though he works in a way his ancestors would barely recognise. His ten hectares sit in the steep, forested hills of southern Rheinhessen, on a patchwork of sand, limestone, porphyry and volcanic stone, and he farms them organically and biodynamically, convinced that the health of the vineyard decides everything that follows.

In the cellar Andi does as little as he can. Fermentations run on native yeasts, the wines rest a long time in large old oak, and nothing is fined or filtered before bottling. Two soils recur in the names on his labels: the limestone he calls Calx and the porphyry he calls Purpur.

The range runs from sessionable rosés and light reds to taut, mineral Rieslings and textured skin-contact whites. What ties them together is clarity and energy, and a clear sense of the cool northern place they come from.

Photos taken by Daniel Koh

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