Description
Wine Details
Named after Flora, the horse who worked said plot. The Pur Range are all unfined, unfiltered and with no additions, including sulphur and as such under German law the wines are unable to be labeled as Pfalz.
Vinification/ Aging: 60 yo vines in solid limestone, the best Dornfelder in the Pfalz. From a small 1.5 acre parcel. 60% of the fruit went through an extended fermentation & maceration in open top wooden vats, while 30% of the fruit went through carbonic maceration, and 10% was added in from the 2017 vintage.
Alcohol Grade: 10.5%
Best to have it: 10-12ºC
Size: 750 ml
The Winery: Weingut Brand Bros
Fifth-generation winemakers Daniel and Jonas Brand took over the family winery from their father Jürgen in 2014 – with his support they expanded from 12 to 18ha and transitioned production to fully organic and natural. In this year, Jonas produced his first 900 bottles of natural wine, from an old-vine Sylvaner vineyard; 2/3 was undrinkable. Undaunted, the brothers now have the whole estate under organic cultivation and are producing a large amount of wine with no added sulphur.
Bockenheim has a cooler climate than most of the Pfalz (therefore the grapes ripen slower). The weather in their area is influenced by the Donnersberg mountain (around 650m high) which shields them from incoming weather systems, the wind is then funnelled down two valleys which means it is fairly breezy and this helps keep the vineyards free from mildew.
12 ha of there are situated on the Bockenheim Sonnenberg hill, vineyards range from 150m up to 350m.
