Fledermaus 2023 White Wine What the schist gives it

What the schist gives it is energy rather than weight: red cherry

and the two of them farm seven hectares between Vingrau and Paziols with no additions in the cellar and no fining or filtration before bottling

Each parcel ferments separately on its own yeasts and sulphur is kept to a minimum

and the flinty mineral line that Anjou schist runs through everything

In the cellar the grapes ferment on their own yeasts and the wine goes into bottle unfined and unfiltered

Fledermaus 2023 White Wine What the schist gives itFledermaus means bat, and the name is not decoration. Michael Vlker works with local bat expert Christian Sder to keep colonies in the vineyard: bat boxes go up among the vines, their guano goes back into the soil as fertiliser, and a share of every bottle sold goes to the Landesbund fr Vogelschutz. The wine itself is Meunier, grown organically at Kitzingen in Franconia and made the way Michael and Melanie make everything, unfiltered and with no added