Fine, vivid terroir wines.
We are:
Marie (vineyards, cellar),
Christoph (vineyards,
cellar),
Helmut (vineyards)
And our ten sheep
Big
thanks also goes to our lovely harvest team:
Anne, Emilia, Ben,
Anton, Jasper, Lena, Josefine, Alex, Franzi & Michel, Felix, Lothar,
Günther, Hannelore, Hanns, Daniel, Hannes, Uschi, Eva, Onkel PIP,
Ross, …
Our vines are located in Leistadt, a village close to Bad Dürkheim, perched high on the hillside, on the edge of the Palatine Forest. The village has never been land consolidated and we farm very small vineyards here. On 2,5 hectares we grow our wines organically and we stick to the varieties that are typical for our region like Riesling, Sylvaner, Traminer and Portugieser.
Our potential lies in our vineyards.
The Kalkoven is the vineyard
next to our house and south of the Bernvalley. Here we grow most of
our Sylvaner. The Kirchenpeace where our Riesling grows is situated
north of the Berntal and is southern slope oriented. The soil in these
vineyards is very limestone rich - you find true cool climate here.
Due to the small size of our winery we can pay each vineyard maximum attention and do most work with our hands. Our ten sheep support us with mowing and fertilizing and thereby increase biodiversity.
We produce wines that reflect their origin.
All grapes come
from our own vineyards, are hand-picked, spontaneously fermented in
our vaulted cellar(wood and stoneware) and bottled unfiltered after
12 months on the lees.
SYLVANER KALKOVEN
From one of Leistadts’ oldest vineyards just
behind our house. The Kalkoven is situated south of the Berntal on a
limestone reef. Fermented in a palatinate Halbstück(600l) and old
french barriques.
RIESLING KIRCHENPEACE
Situated on the southern slope of the
Berntal , this very old vineyard is characterized by a
limestone-rich rocky soil. The Kirchenpeace lies north of the
Berntal. It’s fermented in a palatinate Halbstück(600l) and old
french barriques.
PORTUGIESER BERNVALLEY
Single Vineyard Portugieser from one of
the oldest parcells in the Bernvalley. Carefully hand picked, wild
yeasts and fermented in old french Barrels. 2 weeks maceration in
open vats , long aging on the leese. A complex, darkber- ried, fresh
Portugieser with striking minerality from our supersoil.
Village Rosé
Rosé of old Dornfelder in our Kalkoven. It’s a
free run, delicate Rosé that is fermented in stoneware and old
french oak.
Village Blanc
The grapes come from an old mixed plantation in
the Berntal, an old Riesling in the Kalkofen(Village -> Leistadt),
one very rare 60-year old plot of Traminer and an old Sylvaner plot
in our neighboring village Village -> Kallstadt - all of them small
treasures and beautiful places… Fermented in old french oa.
Village Rouge
The grapes come from a high-altitude 50-year old
Portugieser vineyard on colored sandstone - served chilled.
Fermented in old french oak.
Wine is a luxury - less is more! Enjoying a good wine should always be a special experience…
Collective Z.
Freinsheimerstrasse 26
DE-67098 Bad
Dürkheim
sonne@collective-z.de
+49-170-8133675
Please give us a call to date a tasting
We
are happy to offer our Berntal tour including wine tasting and small
appetizers for small groups of 5 or more people. (Everything
outdoors, please make sure you wear appropriate clothing)
‣
Visit to the Berntal nature reserve
‣ Vineyard tour
‣ We
talk about biodiversity, ecological agriculture, compensation
areas
‣ Subsequent wine tasting in the arbor with good bread &
butter
Rate 300.- / Duration approx. 2 hours - each additional
person 60.-