Wilde Meute 2023

Name: Wilde Meute 2023
Brand: 2Naturkinder
SKU: 2naturkinder-wildemeute-2023-11%-750ml
Price: 60.00 SGD
Availability: InStock

$60.00

Franconia, Germany · White Wine · Light Bodied

Wilde Meute, the wild pack, is 2Naturkinder's field-blend white: three grapes grown together and made as one. Michael Völker and Melanie Drese farm organically at Kitzingen in Franconia, on land Michael's father moved away from chemicals back in the 1990s, and the wine goes to bottle unfiltered with no added sulphur. Pale lemon-green, with a zesty nose of citrus, lemongrass and crushed herbs, and razor-sharp acidity driving the palate. Each grape contributes something of its own, which is rather the point of a pack. Electric and mouthwatering now, though a couple of years in bottle would not go amiss.

Pairing Suggestions

Orh luak or fish head bee hoon.
Oysters on ice or fried fish with lemon.

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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