2021 Vin de LaGamba Frauenpower
WINEMAKER: Alanna Lagamba
REGION: Rheinhessen, GER
VARIETAL: Dornfelder, Sylvaner
VITICULTURE: Organic
Dornfelder with some direct pressed Sylvaner. This vintage Alanna has shortened the maceration time to just 4 days on the Dornfelder, in addition to a third being directly pressed. A gentle Boulle, this vintage feels fresher and more pure. Blue fruit and violets on the nose. Raspberries and a lithe wave of herb on the palate. Dry with pops of fruit. A little cardamon spice on the nose. Fun yet serious. Great with food. Serve very cold.
Alanna Lagamba is a 27-year-old Canadian who now resides in Flonheim, Germany. She moved to Berlin after university and began work at Jaja, one of the leading natural wine bars of the city. After a few months she met young German winemaker Martin Worner, of Marto Wines. There was an opportunity to do vineyard work in the Rheinhessen with Martin, and as all good love stories go, she hasn’t left.
Frauenpower came about with Alanna wanting her own project. There was some Dornfelder in the vineyards that wasn’t being used, and Alanna took the challenge. Being of Italian descent the logical explanation for the grapes was to make a German style Lambrusco! And thus, Frauen Power was born!
A self-proclaimed feminist, the idea behind the name of the wine came easy. For those unfamiliar with Dornfelder, it is the most successful of the modern red German crosses. An early to mid-ripening variety, it has thick skins and is prized for its deep colour. It produces ‘dark, rich, velvety wines with good acidity and occasionally an attractive floral note’. - Jancis Robinson