Designation of Origin: Deutscher Landwein Main

Vintage: 2022

Grape(s): Regent 60%, Domina 30% Pinot Gris 5% and 5 % of a small plot on the hillside planted to a mix of red Piwis: Cabernet Jura, Cabertine, Cabernet Cortis, Monarch. Half of the Domina was purchased fruit from a nearby friend who also works organic.

Vinification: The Regent was pressed directly. The Domina was one night on the skins and pressed the next day. The Pinot gris was on the skins for 7 days. The red hybrids were vinified as a red, destemmed and macerated for about 8 days, the juice was dark as the night, and these 200L brought some goth personality to the rosé.

Aging: In stainless for 11 months + five months in bottle before release.

Bottled: 25th of August 2023

Soil type: Gipskeuper

Age of vines: The Regent was planted in 2001, the Domina in . The Pinot Gris was on its third leaf for the 2022 vintage. The red piwis were planted in 2016.

Sulfur: All of our wines had a microdose of sulfur pre-bottling, and analyses came back under 20mg total.

A note about the name: A beach wine? Yes, but make it goth.

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