Eikspon
Eikspon ( Low German name for "Eichkrug") is a brand name for a Mecklenburg country wine .
origin
The small Stargarder Land wine-growing region for country wine is located in the Mecklenburg Lake District near the district town of Neubrandenburg and includes the locations of Burg Stargard and Rattey. Rattey Castle is the largest north German winery with 4.75 hectares. Here Mecklenburg country wine, white, rosé and red, dry and semi-dry are pressed, expanded and bottled.
Part of the 2013 vintage was matured for the first time at Schloss Rattey in spring 2014 in untoasted oak barrels with a volume of 500 l each. The red wine previously went through what is known as biological acid degradation , in which malic acid is broken down into milder lactic acid.
Since German wine law does not provide for barrel storage for country wine, the white and red Mecklenburg country wine came onto the market in December under the protected brand name "Eikspon".
literature
- Stuart Pigott , Andreas Durst, Ursula Heinzelmann, Chandra Kurt , Manfred Lüer, Stephan Reinhardt: Wine speaks German . 1st edition. Scherz, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-502-19000-4 .
- Stefan Schmidt, Alexander Schmidt, Karl-Heinz Schmidt: Viticulture in the shadow of castles and palaces From old and new viticulture in Stargarder Land and in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Wine oases in Northern Germany. 1st edition. Steffen, Friedland / Mecklenburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-941681-23-1 .