'La Boutanche' Trollinger 2018

Price: $23.95
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Tasting notes

This is one of the few organically farmed, zero-additive Trollingers available outside Germany — poured from a liter bottle and tasting of fresh cranberry, wild strawberry, and crushed rose petal with a firm mineral backbone. The acidity is unusually high for a red at 5.3 g/l, which keeps every sip snappy and the bottle emptying fast.

BodyFruitTanninAcidity
Wild StrawberryCranberryRose PetalMineral
Dry/Sweet:Dry
Wine Type:Red Wine
Wine Style:Light Body
Grapes:Trollinger
Farming:Organic
Vintage:2018
Alcohol:12.5%
Country:Germany
Region:Württemberg
Appellation:Württemberg
Bottle Size:1L
Sugar Level:Zero Added Sugar
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Producer profile

La Boutanche A. Knauss

Weingut Knauss is based in Strümpfelbach, a village in the Rems Valley east of Stuttgart. Winemaking in the family was previously a part-time activity — earlier generations worked at the nearby Mercedes-Benz factory and made wine as a side pursuit. Andi Knauss took over the estate in 2004 after completing wine school and an apprenticeship in Austria, where he learned organic viticulture. His father had already left the local cooperative in 1995, giving Andi a foundation to build from.

The estate covers approximately 14 hectares and is certified organic. Soils across the holdings include Gipskeuper, Mergel (marl), Schilfsandstein, Kieselsandstein, and Stubensandstein, all layered over a Jurassic limestone base at 300–400 meters elevation. Knauss farms over 100 individual plots across Strümpfelbach and surrounding villages, including Schnait. Riesling occupies the west-facing slopes of the Rems Valley; red varieties including Trollinger, Lemberger, and Pinot Noir are planted on the east-facing side.

Across the range, native yeast fermentation and minimal sulfur additions are standard. Some cuvées, including this La Boutanche Trollinger, are made with no sulfur, added yeast, sugar, or any other additives. The La Boutanche bottling is fermented and aged entirely in stainless steel vats and sold under a screw cap in a one-liter format. Knauss produces this wine in partnership with importer Selection Massale as part of the La Boutanche project, which launched in 2012 to make high-quality natural wine accessible at an entry-level price.

Wine region

Württemberg, Germany

Württemberg stretches along the Neckar river and its tributaries — including the Rems, Enz, Kocher, and Jagst — through the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany. The sheltered river valleys create microclimates with long, warm summers, mild winters, and around 1,600 sunshine hours per year. Soils vary significantly across the region, with Muschelkalk (shell limestone), Keuper, loess loam, and sandstone all present in different subzones. Stuttgart, the regional capital, sits within the appellation and holds over 400 hectares of vineyards inside the city limits.

Trollinger accounts for roughly 19 percent of all plantings in Württemberg and is considered the region's identity grape, historically called the 'Swabian national drink.' Nearly all of Germany's Trollinger stock — over 90 percent — grows here, almost exclusively the high-yielding Schiava Grossa clone. The Remstal, a valley east of Stuttgart carved by the Rems river, is a key subzone where producers like Weingut Knauss farm Jurassic limestone-derived soils at elevations between 300 and 400 meters. Trollinger ripens later than Riesling and requires warm, well-exposed sites to reach adequate sugar levels.

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We will process and ship your order in 2-3 business days, you will receive a shipping confirmation email with tracking as soon as the Carrier scans the shipping label.

Ground shipping time depends on location, here's a breakdown:

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Midwest: 3-4 business days
East Coast: 5 business days

Process time is not shipping time. Shipping time starts from the days successive to the day of shipping, after the order has been processed.

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