Markus Prackwieser Gump Hof Alto Adige Praesulis Pinot Noir 2021 MARQUE veterans of California's natural wine

veterans of California's natural wine movement

with a splash of Chardonnay and a generous dose of still red wine blended in for color and grip

The 2021 was a cool

sitting just north of the Bordeaux suburbs on a tongue of gravel that pokes south of where the Haut-Medoc proper begins

Markus Prackwieser Gump Hof Alto Adige Praesulis Pinot Noir 2021 MARQUE veterans of California's natural wineMarkus Prackwieser's family has farmed the Gump Hof for more than two centuries, on steep terraces at the entrance to Alto Adige's Isarco Valley, in the shadow of the Sciliar massif. His Praesulis line named for the nearby Castle of Presule comes from the estate's highest, oldest plots. Pinot Noir is a rarity in this otherwise white wine corner of the Alps; it ripens here only because the slopes are warm enough by day and cool enough by night to draw