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Vintage 2025

“Pinke Pinke” is German slang for cash, and this rosé is meant to be spent freely. A playful blend of white Müller-Thurgau, red St. Laurent and aromatic Gelber Muskateller from loess and limestone-clay around Kettenheim and Alzey, left 24 hours on the skins as whole clusters, fermented with native yeasts and bottled unfiltered. A dry rosé for picnics, pizza and long summer afternoons.

Vintage 2025

Boden Funk, roughly “soil radio”, is the low-intervention line Nicolas Michel created in 2019 together with Savio Soares Selections: wines that broadcast their terroir with nothing added and nothing taken away. This one is Müller-Thurgau from 30-year-old vines on loess and limestone clay in Alzey, a day on the skins, wild fermentation and months on the lees, unfined and unfiltered. The estate calls it a versatile wine for any occasion, perfect with salads, seafood and white meats.

Vintage 2025

Sauvignon Blanc with a German accent, from the Boden Funk line Nicolas Michel created with Savio Soares Selections. Grapes from 10- to 15-year-old vines on calcareous clay in the cool, high valley above Kettenheim spend 36 hours on their skins, ferment with native yeasts and rest five months in steel before bottling, unfined and unfiltered. A refreshing alternative to Rheinhessen Riesling, for goat cheese, asparagus or grilled fish.

Vintage NV

“This is not an orange”, says the label, with a wink: it is an orange wine, just not the fruit. Müller-Thurgau and Silvaner from 25-year-old vines on loess and limestone clay are fermented as whole clusters on their skins for twelve weeks before pressing, then aged on the lees and bottled unfiltered. Nicolas Michel calls it the wine to start with if you are new to the estate. Try it with Indian or Moroccan spices, roast vegetables and hard cheeses.

Vintage 2023

Classic dry Rheinhessen Riesling from the Michel family’s vines on the slopes above Kettenheim, in a high valley at 250 to 350 meters that locals call the “cool ground”. The family thins nearly half the young bunches each summer and favors long lees aging over intervention, aiming for wines that are lean and fresh rather than heavy. A versatile dry Riesling for shellfish, pork and spicy Asian dishes.

Vintage 2025

The Michel family’s dry Riesling in a generous one-liter bottle, the way Germans drink it at home. Fruit from the cool, high slopes above Kettenheim, farmed without herbicides. A crowd-pleaser for shellfish, pork, spicy food and by-the-glass programs.