1844 Ballenz rot 2023
Ostschweizer Landwein, Bioweingut Lenz, 750 ml
Description
The latest jewel in the «Baur au Lac Vins and Lenz family» is an elegant cuvée made from the noble Pinot Noir and selected PIWI varieties. It offers a seductive bouquet of blueberries, cherries and a hint of violets that immediately puts you in a good mood. Soft and juicy on the palate, with supple tannins and a youthful freshness. The Ballenz is the perfect accompaniment to an enjoyable aperitif riche, tapas or a refined meat platter, especially when slightly chilled.
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Attributes
| Grape variety: | Maréchal Foch, Léon Millot, Pinot Noir |
| Producer: | Bioweingut Lenz |
| Origin: | Switzerland / Ostschweiz |
| Label: | Vegan, Certified organic or biodynamic wine |
| Ripening potential: | 1 to 4 years |
| Drinking temperature: | 16 to 18 °C |
| Food Pairing: | Grilled fish, Spiced grillades, Orecchiette, Strozzapreti alla siciliana, Vegetable pie, Apéro riche |
| Vinification: | short must fermentation |
| Harvest: | hand-picking |
| Volume: | 12.5 % |
| Note: | Contains sulphites |
Bioweingut Lenz
In 1994, while Roland Lenz was still studying oenology, he and his wife Karin were able to acquire eight hectares of vines on the Iselisberg. It was a unique opportunity that they seized, even though they were toying with the idea of setting up their own business abroad, far from Switzerland. They actually did so later, but that's another story…
It is only in the last two decades that the Canton of Thurgau has really come to the attention of wine lovers as a wine-growing area. Its apple orchards and the apple juice (must) pressed from the picked fruit have always been popular, inevitably earning the canton its nickname of «Must India». Viticulture, however, has existed in this region for centuries.
Ostschweiz
Eastern Switzerland: an intriguing puzzle
Eastern Switzerland has long been positioned on the northern rim of the climate zone where the cultivation of popular Swiss varieties is possible. Due to a warming climate, the vineyards of Aargau, Zurich, Schaffhausen, Thurgau and Graubünden are now in the zone where varieties such as Müller-Thurgau or Pinot Noir succeed excellently. But even long-established, almost-forgotten varieties such as Elbling, Räuschling and Completer are experiencing a renaissance.
Switzerland
Switzerland – A small country with enormous diversity
Switzerland is famous for its banks, watches, and cheese, but not necessarily for its wine. The Swiss didn't invent wine, but they have been extremely open and curious to it. Wine culture arrived in what is now modern Switzerland via several routes: from Marseilles to Lake Geneva and the Lower Valais region; from the Aosta Valley through the Great St. Bernard Pass to the rest of Valais; from the Rhone through Burgundy, across the Jura Mountains to Lake Constance; and from Lombardy to Ticino, and then on to Grisons.
