This special, original Brutal!!! by 2Naturkinder is the first Brutal wine to be officially released in Germany, with the blessing of the Brutal founders and thus allowed to have the gold label, to not confuse with unofficial Brutal wines.
This zero-zero, no added sulphites natural wine is crafted in the Franken region in south Germany. This white wine is made with 100% Riesling grapes, which are grown on the same limestone hill as the Heimat, the Fledermaus, the Weinschwärmer and the Siebenschläfer. Tasting note below.
The 2Naturkinder cellar is pretty epic, and even features this very old fashioned tasting table way underground. It was like seeing something from the dwarves caves in Lord of the Rings!
Brutal Vintage details
2023 was a great year for Riesling. It was a dry and hot summer, with just enough summer rain to give the juice a good nutrition supply. 2Naturkinder and their team picked the grapes from the steepest section separately, pressed the whole bunches and fermented the juice in a 1200l barrel, where the wine stayed until it was bottled in July 2024.
How did the 2naturkinder Brutal!!! happen?
2naturkinder state that "Our connection to La Sorga's Antony Tortul goes back to 2013 when he took the time to let us taste his cellar. In spring 2023, at the Le Coste organized C'era Una Volta in Italy, Michael brought a bunch of samples from our cellar for a post salon late night tasting with Antony and Patrick Bouju, scouting for a wine put the new, golden BRUTAL!!! label on. With each new sample the group grew larger and a particular wine stood out as the crowd’s favorite. Antony patted Michael on the back and said, ‘I’ll give you the gold label for this.’ After a few more months of aging Jean Louis Pinto handed over the labels and we’re proud to present our first pure Riesling, the first German BRUTAL!!!"
Tasting Brutal!!! by 2Naturkinder
We gave this Brutal wine a whirl the other day and think it needs more time in the bottle to express itself, ideally to wait until 2025 if possible. The mouthfeel is what can be described a bit ropey, which is meaning it has a thicker structure to it. We feel this gives it a cool characteristic for a brutal wine, different to their usual style for sure.
If drinking now and this style is not to your taste, pour a glass, then shake the bottle with the cork in for 5 seconds, quite hard. The texture will adjust and it will be more lean and crisp than before, without damaging the wine
