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Wasenhaus, Weissburgunder, 2024

White Wine from Baden, Germany
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This is the easiest way into Wasenhaus, the small southern Baden estate whose Pinot Noirs their importer calls showstoppers. Their importer goes further and calls the Weissburgunders revelatory. This is the house's entry-level white, a Pinot Blanc drawn mostly from loess plots around Staufen. Christoph Wolber and Alexander Götze worked in Burgundy at Leflaive, Pierre Morey, de Montille and Comte Armand. Burgundy is only two and a half hours from Baden. Neither comes from a winemaking family: Wasenhaus is named for the farm Wolber grew up on, which kept horses, not vines. They farm organically with some biodynamic practices, though they don't hold certification. All their whites are pressed as whole clusters in a basket press, fermented with native yeasts and aged in neutral barrels of different sizes. The wines are then bottled unfined and unfiltered, with only a touch of sulfur. It's serious Burgundian craft applied to an underrated grape, and it's the most accessible bottle this estate makes.

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More about Wasenhaus

Germany makes the best Riesling in the world, a universally accepted truth. But as Eric Asimov recently discussed, there’s more to Germany than the big R. Loads of other grapes excel across the country. Some, like Pinot Noir, you may be more familiar with than others: for instance, Weissburgunder.

Weissburgunder is just the German word for Pinot Blanc, a grape that doesn't get a lot of attention in the shadow of its more popular siblings: Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris(gio). But after tasting through some aged bottles in winemakers' personal cellars, we are starting to think it's actually a conspiracy. They're just keeping the best wines for themselves.

None of these great examples ever seemed to cross the Atlantic, until Stephen Bitterolf—the star importer of Keller, Lauer, Haart and more—brought us the Wasenhaus wines last year and our minds were blown.

The domain, run by two friends (one of whom is the vineyard manager of Burgundy's Domaine de Montille) is tiny, at just 1.5 hectares of land. When output is this small, it’s hard to buy the wine, and it took many visits over many vintages before Stephen was able to secure a small allocation. A couple of vintages later and everyone else has figured out our conspiracy hunch. The Wasenhaus wines now sell out before they even hit the docks.

Region: Baden, a warm corner of Germany where French grapes can ripen just fine on limestone soils. In fact, many of their vines are on north-facing slopes to keep ripeness under control.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Pinot Blanc

  • Vintage

    2024

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Organic

  • Style

    Crisp

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

White asparagus with hollandaise and boiled new potatoes; Flammkuchen with crème fraîche, onion and bacon; trout meunière; veal or chicken schnitzel with a lemony cucumber salad.

Tasting Profile

Expect a floral, crystalline take on Pinot Blanc: white flowers, pear, green apple and a touch of lemon, with the gentle texture that neutral barrels give but no obvious oak flavour. It's typically light to medium-bodied, with vivid, cleansing acidity and a dry, clean finish. Think of a leaner, more precise Mâcon-Villages.

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WINE GUIDES

German Wines

Is there a better grape than Riesling? Is there a better value? Its fruit purity, its perfume, and its mineral nuance are all unparalleled. And for centuries, the top German Rieslings were priced accordingly: at least as expensive as the top red wines of Bordeaux and Burgundy. But nowadays you could spend a lifetime exploring Germany’s great Riesling-producing regions while staying well within your budget. You might take an occasional break to try Germany’s other white grapes or perhaps a glass of Spätburgunder (the local name for Pinot Noir). It’s time to get started!

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