Grauburgunder Calx 2022

Name: Grauburgunder Calx 2022
Brand: Weingut Mann
SKU: weingutmann-grauburgundercalx-2022-11.5%-750ml
Price: 70.00 SGD
Availability: InStock

$70.00

Calx is the old Latin word for limestone, and it names both the soil and the wine: Grauburgunder grown on the few chalk-rich parcels Andi Mann farms in Eckelsheim. This is Pinot Gris taken somewhere unexpected. A long maceration on the skins, then a year and a half resting on its lees, turns a normally soft grape into something with real grip and amber depth. Expect ripe pear and quince, dried citrus, a savoury, almost nutty edge, and a texture that grips gently without ever drying out. An orange wine with the calm confidence of good limestone beneath it; pour it with food that has some weight.

Pairing Suggestions

Skin contact with enough grip to want a plate in front of it.
Its tannin handles fat and spice together: bak kut teh, or hokkien mee.
Or roast pork, with something pickled to cut through it.

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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