Michelangelo International Wine and Spirits Awards

Backsberg The Patriarch

2025 Gold Medal

DGB


DGB Backsberg The Patriarch
VARIETAL:
Other Red Varieties other than above-mentioned classes (Specify Varietal)

VINTAGE:
2025

MORE INFORMATION:
Hand-harvested grapes are destemmed and meticulously sorted to ensure that only the ripest berries enter the fermentation vessel. The chilled fruit is allowed to soak overnight to extract colour, tannins, and fruit flavours from the juice. As fermentation begins, the cap is plunged into the fermenting juice once a day, increasing to six times daily. After reaching the midpoint of fermentation, the frequency of punch downs is reduced to one or two per day. After approximately 15 days of skin contact, the wine is drained and pressed to 0.4 bar. Given the small volume, the wine is aged in 300 ℓ French oak barriques to complete malolactic fermentation. The maturation process lasts 12 to 16 months, during which the wine is racked and returned about three times to soften the tannins and enhance the natural bouquet

The ideal partner to roast pork, turkey with cranberry sauce, roasted cherry duck and ripe cheeses.

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