'La Boutanche' Trollinger 2018
Product details
| Management number | 253563733 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | CA$9.60 | Model Number | 253563733 | ||
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100% Trollinger from eight different vineyards spanning the villages of Schnait and Strümpfelbach in the Remstal, a subzone of Württemberg. Vines range from 12 to 36 years old and are farmed organically. The wine is fermented with wild yeast and aged entirely in stainless steel, with residual sugar sitting at 1.9 g/l and total acidity at 5.3 g/l, placing it firmly in the dry category.
Trollinger — known as Schiava in northern Italy and Vernatsch in South Tyrol — is a thin-skinned, late-ripening red grape that almost exclusively grows in Württemberg, where it accounts for nearly a third of all red plantings. It produces wines that are light in color, low in tannin, and high in acidity, best consumed young. Knauss draws Trollinger from the east-facing slopes of the Rems Valley, where soils include Gipskeuper, Schilfsandstein, and Kieselsandstein overlying Jurassic limestone.
La Boutanche is a label conceived by importer Selection Massale to offer high-quality natural wine at an accessible price point, bottled in one-liter screw-cap format. Andi Knauss produces this wine under the grasshopper label. It contains no added sulfur, yeast, sugar, or other additives — a step beyond his regular estate range, where minimal sulfur is the norm.
The wine pours a translucent fuchsia-ruby, closer in appearance to a dark rosé than a red. It is best served cool, around 54–58°F, and drinks well without any decanting.
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