Pinot Gris RESERVE 2022 is a natural wine crafted by Marto Wines, in the Rheinhessen region in Germany. This rare, white wine is made with Pinot Gris grapes grown on limestone soils was aged in a 3 year old Stuckfass holding 1200 litres, for 2 years on the full lees. Bottled on 18/07/24.
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This wine showcases the style of wine Martin Wörner is going towards, with more aging in the barrel and a diferrent style we will see in the next few years. Here his video on this topic here:
How does Pinot Gris 2022 Reserve by Marto taste?
This incredible wine is simply a banger BUT it needs some time in a carafe, as the initial reduction is not the type that showcases it at its best on first opening BUT... we promise you, if you give this some air this will be one of the finest German wines you will try in a long time, seriously!
After the initial reduction blow off, there is an almost Chablis-esque flinty quality to it, that offers huge mineralic elements lifting the wine to a totally new dimension compared to the more fruit-forward SAME wine, which had one year elevage, not two. This wine truly showcases the beauty of time, and you have to try it!
A true gem and one of his best wines yet.
Technical infomation on Pinot Gris Reserve 2022 by Marto
Pinot Gris Reserve is grown on limestone in Rheinhessen, on vines aged 35 years old. The vineyard is a little smaller than 1 hectare and grown at an altitude of 300m. Aging took place without battonage in a 1200L oak barrel, which is 5 years old. Just 1600 bottles made.
Marto Wines background on Pinot Gris Reserve 2022
´We experienced a wonderful spring with a hot dry summer, until mid of September where the weather changed to autumn, and it brought a lot of rain. As a result, there was a switch in the character of the grapes. Half of the harvest was characterized by tension and concentration, and the other half paid the bills, aka much more juice in the grapes.´
´Our first experiment with long élevage on a still wine, and we love it! Totally changed the character of the wine, fruitiness goes away once the wine undergoes the process of autolyse. A big inspiration for us and a roadmap for how we want to continue making still direct press wines going forward´
