Shelter Winery 'Lovely Lilly' Pinot Noir 2021 Baden, Germany

Style 😋: Medium bodied with low tannins. This has beautiful raspberry and strawberry characterisics mixed with fresh herbs and an earthy minerality. 

Producer: Hans-Bert and Silke Wolf

Grape 🍇: Pinot Noir

Place 🌎: Baden, Germany

Story 📖: Have you heard? German Pinot Noirs are all the rage. Unlike the heavy, oak-driven styles typical of the region, the Shelter wines reflect the cooler microclimate north of the Kaiserstuhl mountains where the limestone and loess soils help give their Pinot Noirs a lively acidity and delicate structure. 

This is their flagship value wine, an homage to their beloved vineyard dog. The couple embrace natural vineyard practices, eschewing herbicides and pesticides, and their cellar work emphasizes gentle handling, with gravity and patience replacing pumps and filters.

Pairing 🍽: Stuffed clams with smoked sausage