Andi Knauss La Boutanche Trollinger 2021

La Boutanche Trollinger is 100% Trollinger sourced from 8 different vineyard plots in the villages of Strümpfelbach and Schnait in the Remstal sub-zone of Württemberg, Germany. Vines range from 12 to 36 years old and are farmed organically. Grapes are hand-harvested and fermented with wild yeast in stainless steel tanks, where the wine also ages. Residual sugar sits at just 1.9 g/l with acidity at 5.3 g/l, making this fully dry and tightly structured for the variety.

Trollinger — known as Schiava or Vernatsch in Italy, where it likely originated in South Tyrol — is the defining red grape of Württemberg and rarely exported. The Schiava Grossa clone dominates German plantings. In the glass, it pours a translucent pale ruby to fuchsia, a color that sits somewhere between a light red and a dark rosé. The grape's naturally high acidity (7–10 g/l is typical for the variety) is on full display here, giving the wine a zingy, refreshing character that rewards a light chill.

The La Boutanche label is a 1-liter format project conceived by importer Selection Massale to deliver honest, natural wine at an accessible price point. Andi Knauss produces the Trollinger and Riesling expressions under this label. The wine carries no added sulfur, no fining, and no filtration. It is bottled under screw cap in a liter format designed for easy, informal drinking.