Weingut Gernot and Heike Heinrich Pinot Freyheit 2023 Washington loess for depth and flesh

loess for depth and flesh

with a plush mid-palate and tannins that are refined and quietly grippy

aged Castelmagno with honey and walnuts

Large boulders and fractured river rock define much of the site

The 2023 growing season opened normally before a wet summer slowed ripening and pushed the harvest into a longer window

Weingut Gernot and Heike Heinrich Pinot Freyheit 2023 Washington loess for depth and fleshThe Land This is the playful counterpart to Heinrich's serious Leithaberg reds, and it comes from the same Burgenland base on the eastern shore of Lake Neusiedl. The Pannonian climate here is warm and continental, tempered by the vast shallow lake, and the soils around Gols run to gravel and sand over clay. Those warmer, free draining sites give Pinot Noir a riper, rounder, more open character than the tense limestone slopes, which is exactly what