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210 EAST VERMILION STREET LAFAYETTE, LA 70501
Hours
Tues-Thurs
1pm-7pm
Friday & Saturday
1pm-8pm
Closed Sunday & Monday
21 and Over Only.
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FARMING: From 2017, certified organic and practicing biodynamic
VINEYARD: 4 Ha in Ruppertsberg and Maikammer
ALTITUDE: from 80 m / 263 ft to 170 m / 558 ft SOILS: Loam, Limestone and Sandstone
VARIETIES: 100% Riesling
VINE AGE: from 5 to 40 years old
VINE TRAINING: Guyot
HARVEST DATE: September 17, 2021 YEASTS: Native
FERMENTATION & ÉLEVAGE: 30 hours maceration on the skins, and then only the free run juice is used for fermentation: 35% goes in large 500L fuder casks and 65% in stainless steel tanks. There is no temperature control. Élevage for up to 8 months sur lies. No filtration and gravity natural decant
MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION: Yes, complete and unforced
SULPHUR: No SO2 added
ALCOHOL: 11.5%
ANNUAL PRODUCTION: 2,250 cases
Seckinger’s wines have some producers in southern Pfalz scratching their heads, meanwhile Germany’s new generation of sommeliers are sipping gleefully. Was geht? Here’s a biodynamic Pfalz producer taking cues from the natural Chablis and Jura ouillé or topped-up contingent, as it digs into the terroir of their historic vineyards of mostly red sandstone (buntsandstein). Aber hallo! Seckinger’s making some outstandingly rakish wines bone dry, hazy and savory.
These are not wines for those that enjoy the so-called ‘traditional’ style, often with at least some residual sugar and a more fruit-forward style. Wines are vinified bone dry. What’s more, the moniker of ‘natural winemaker’ or ‘avant-guard winemaker’ irritates Jonas. He’s proud of them working biodynamically, but he’s not dogmatic about issues such as sulphur, and prefers to talk about his craft as cellar master: Our goal is to harvest all wines at a maximum of 90 °Oechsle, so that we do not exceed 12.5 percent alcohol by volume…Then, I must follow the wines, barrel by barrel.
Denny & Katie
Owners
Your friendly neighborhood wine shop and tiny bar, focused on small production wines and conservas. Connect with us on Instagram for suggestions on your next bottle and to follow along in our downtown Lafayette wine journey.
Visit us to shop and hang in person or order online for quick and easy pick up.
Hours
Tues-Thurs
1pm-7pm
Friday & Saturday
1pm-8pm
Closed Sunday & Monday