Marto "Crazy Crazy" Rheinhessen, Germany 2024

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THE WINE: This sparkling wine is full of life and epitomises what summer is about. Similarly to Weiss it is made from local varietals Huxel, Müller-Thurgau and Würzer. This year the grapes went through whole bunch maceration for 7 days - Marto did this to bring through the structure and complexity of the wine to the fore in balance with the bubbles and we can say it's a success. Expect tropical notes and sunset feelings when drinking this one.

THE PRODUCER: Marto (Martin Wörner), who studied under Tom Lubbe of Matassa and Gut Oggau, started making wine on his family’s farm in 2016, at the tender age of 24. Since then, he has grown and gradually expanded beyond his mentors’ teachings in an attempt to coax what he calls an “authentic style” (to himself and the regional norm-bearers) out of what is now 5 hectares/12 acres of land. This includes earlier harvests and macerations for white grapes, and long macerations for Pinot Noir, among other idiosyncratic techniques and philosophies.