Kerner, Reinhessen, Germany

A sensory overtaking, semi-sweet and zero-zero German amber wine in a class all its own. Winemaker Jas Swan is a globetrotter, openminded creative, vocal supporter of the queer community & proud part of the new wave of natural German wine. Her creations play with sensory experience, maceration, low alcohol & evocative character, all churned from her unique vision. The kerner was sourced from the limestone-clay soils at Piri Naturel in Nahe, hand de-stemmed and left for a two week maceration picking up aromatics and texture. The wine was then transferred to old barrels, placed outside and exposed to the elements throughout the year – and in the end did not fully ferment, leaving a bounty of 10 grams of residual sugar (RS) to tickle our palates. FUN FACT! The wine spent 70% of the time outside, with only a couple of occasions where it was moved indoors due to freezing temperatures! Air!, blue agave, cornnut, icicle, the perfect storm trifecta that is brett/va/rs (or brettanomyces, volatile acidity and residual sugar, kind of like the brain-happy grouping of sugar, fat and salt for the freaks!), grass, shark tooth, clove, ginger, sunflowers & smoky orange reduction. Pour alongside apricot and vanilla cheese sourdough danishes.