{"product_id":"marto-crazycrazy-white-field-blend-reinhessen-de-2021","title":"MARTO - 'CrazyCrazy' - White Field Blend - Reinhessen, DE - 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eCaution: Crazy Crazy is EXPLOSIVE! Please serve chilled to the max, standing up straight nod\u003cbr\u003esettled! Always open sparkling wine away from your eyes!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003etasting notes: bright and fresh citrus notes, with mouthwatering notes of citrus peel, lemon and brioche. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003evinification method: An ancestral method wine . Huxel is an early ripening super Muscat-driven grape from the region. Harvested really early (Sept 1), since it's really susceptible to Botrytis and sunburn. Then it underwent about around 2 weeks of semi carbonic maceration before being pressed.\u003cbr\u003eAfter pressing the wine, it was stored for 3 weeks in huge oak barrels, where it finished its initial fermentation. Then for the second fermentation, we have this one vineyard of prosecco grapes that we always use for the second fermentation. We harvested those grapes, pressed them direct and then bottled the wine with 9 grams of residual sugar for the second fermentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnfined, unfiltered, no additional SO2.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/garneaublock.com\"\u003eGarneau Block Imports\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGermany has a new generation of young winemakers challenging the wine worlds view on what German natural wine is, and at the forefront is Martin Wörner and his label Marto. In just 3 years, this 27-year-old is the producer on everyone’s lips in Tokyo, New York, London and Paris. His first vintage of 2016, production was a stunning 2500 bottles. Between Germany, Japan and Australia these bottles were snapped up quickly and everyone else eagerly awaited his 2017 release to begin working with him. We are incredibly lucky to have these bottles here.\u003cbr\u003eMartin comes from an agriculture background, his grandfather was a pioneer, a grape grower that was one of the first in their village of Flonheim to bottle wine under his own banner rather than selling the grapes to the co-op. Flonheim is located in the western part of the Rheinhessen, near the Nahe region. Martin’s father did not have much interest in the vineyards, making his livelihood instead farming strawberries. The family continued to maintain the vineyards, but until Martin took over in 2015, all the fruit was sold to the co-op. The Rheinhessen is the largest wine region in Germany, of its 136 villages, 133 are connected to viticulture and 20% of its area is dedicated to vines.  Summers are warm, winters mild and the annual rainfall is low to moderate, the weather conditions are deemed almost perfect. The soils are variable and distinct, changing every 100 meters or so, and range from limestone, sandstone, silt and clay through to volcanic rock. Flonheim is most famous for its sandstone quarry. Martin works 5 hectares of vines currently, all in organic farming with some biodynamic principles applied. For his first harvest he only worked with 1 hectare, by 2017 it was 3 hectares. The focus has always been on soil health and getting that right first. He uses cover crops of radishes, beetroots and turnips throughout the vineyards, on the steeper slopes it is incredibly important to assist with stopping soil erosion. Sheep are used to eat the grasses and no tilling occurs.\u003cbr\u003eDespite his young age, Martin sought out experience from some of the best producers. In 2015 he worked at Gut Oggau with Eduard and Stephanie Tscheppe and in 2016 at Matassa with Tom Lubbe. His time with Tom was to be the most influential and he still seeks his guidance when needed. Because harvest in the south of France is considerably earlier than in Germany, it provided Martin the opportunity to do 2 harvests in 2016 with the knowledge of what he had learnt very much at the front of his mind. Tom also gifted him two old demi-muds for his first harvest. Èlevage is in old barrels, foudres and Mosel casks. All work is done by hand, all the wines are unfiltered, unfined and without any additions. Under German law, Martin is unable to put the village on the label, so the rock is a nod to Flonheim and its characteristic sandstone.\u003cbr\u003e-Notes by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.garneaublock.com\/martowines\"\u003eGarneau Block Imports\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Satellite SB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43220915912955,"sku":"00073379","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/3655\/6193\/products\/cb865191b375c95681d4d9b51bc7a4cc.jpg?v=1656184116","url":"https:\/\/satellitesb.com\/products\/marto-crazycrazy-white-field-blend-reinhessen-de-2021","provider":"Satellite SB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}