Morio 2023

The Morio-Muskat is a cross between Muscat and Silvaner, which comes from 45-year-old vines and is actually the oldest Morio vineyard in the whole of Germany. Georg selects the grapes by hand and then macerates everything with his feet; the maceration time for Morio 2023 is 4 days. Fermented spontaneously with the vineyard's own yeasts in used Palatinate barriques from the neighbouring forest, racked off after 12 months on the full lees together with dirt and bacon (i.e. no separation of the lees) and bottled unfiltered with minimal addition of sulphur. The Morio has a wonderful texture and a certain meatiness due to the 4-day maceration period, which, in combination with the aroma of the grape variety, is a lot of fun and doesn't come across as cheesy. The microclimate around Großkarlsbach is somewhat warmer than in other parts of the Palatinate and gives the Natural wines from Georg Lingenfelder a certain yellow-fruity fleshiness and exoticism. Immensely juicy on the palate with a nice grip and good grip. Wow!