{"title":"La Boutanche A. Knauss","description":"\u003cp\u003eAndi Knauss did not inherit a finished estate. He inherited a winery that had been a sideline, something previous generations of the Knauss family did alongside other work in the Remstal valley east of Stuttgart. When he took the reins in 2004 as the fourth generation, he decided winemaking would be the only thing. He went to wine school, completed an organic viticulture stage in Austria, and came back to Strümpfelbach with a clear set of principles: farm naturally, ferment with native yeasts, and add as little sulfur as possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Knauss family has been in Strümpfelbach, a village in the municipality of Weinstadt in the Rems Valley, for multiple generations. Andi took over in 2004 and has expanded the estate parcel by parcel, sometimes acquiring just a single row of vines at a time. Today he farms 15 hectares across more than a hundred plots in Strümpfelbach and several surrounding villages in the hills above the Rems river. His connection to Selection Massale and the La Boutanche project brought his wines to an international audience that had not previously looked to Württemberg for natural wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore on how they farm and work in the cellar in our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/natural-wine-producers-primal-wine\/la-boutanche-a-knauss\"\u003eLa Boutanche A. Knauss producer profile\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"trollinger-la-boutanche-swabia-germany-red-wine","title":"'La Boutanche' Trollinger 2018","description":"\u003cp\u003e100% 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrollinger — 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLa 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"La Boutanche A. Knauss","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12535347347511,"sku":"LABOTROL18C","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/trollinger-la-boutanche-swabia-germany-red-wine.jpg?v=1780673666"},{"product_id":"la-boutanche-kerner-andi-knauss-white-wine-germany","title":"'La Boutanche' Kerner 2017","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Kerner comes from Weingut Knauss in Strümpfelbach, a village in the Remstal sub-region of Württemberg, southern Germany. The vineyards sit at 300–400 meters elevation on a layered mix of Gipskeuper, Mergel, Schilfsandstein, and Stubensandstein soils — sedimentary formations that keep yields in check and push mineral tension into the wine. The estate covers 14 hectares farmed under certified organic viticulture, with grapes harvested by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKerner is a crossing of Trollinger and Riesling, bred in 1929 in Lauffen, Württemberg. It shares Riesling's aromatic intensity and high acidity but tends toward a slightly fuller body and more pronounced floral character. At Knauss, it is fermented with native yeasts and raised entirely in stainless steel, bottled dry and without fining or filtration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLa Boutanche is a collaboration between Selection Massale and a handful of natural winemakers across Europe, aimed at producing low-intervention, everyday-drinking wines. Andi Knauss handles the German contributions. Natural fermentations and minimal sulfur are standard across his range, with some cuvées receiving none at all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"La Boutanche A. Knauss","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12867891331127,"sku":"LABOANWH17C","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/la-boutanche-kerner-natural-wine.jpg?v=1780763251"}],"url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/collections\/la-boutanche-a-knauss.oembed","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}