2016 Julia Bertram 'Handwerk' Spatburgunder

Region: Ahr < Germany Grapes: Pinot Noir Vineyard/Cellar Stats: Organic farming, whole cluster press with a seven-day maceration until spontaneous fermentation started; pressed and aged in neutral French oak 1 year then 2 months stainless; bottled unfined/unfiltered; 10ppm SO2 added Winemaker: Julia Bertram Real life wine royalty, Julia was Germany's 2012 Wine Queen.  Yes, this is a thing.  German Wine Queen.  How rad is that?  Apparently, every autumn, each of Germany’s 13 wine-growing regions elect a queen, who then goes on to compete for the national title before an 70-member jury of professionals from the wine industry, politics, and the press.  The lucky winner then becomes the German wine ambassador, complete with a crown and Germany’s idea of a gown (a dirndl-like number).  Julia grew up in a winemaking family in a tiny Ahrweiller village, but says she never saw herself working in wine as she watched her parents and grandparents burn the midnight oil in both the vines and in