{"title":"Luxembourg","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"synergie-sauvage-2024","title":"SYNERGIE SAUVAGE 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003ePale gold with a faint haze, like sunlight through linen.\u003cbr\u003eDried apricot, white peach, fennel seed, a lift of orange zest.\u003cbr\u003eTextured. Aromatic. Grounded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE STORY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eRivaner — also known as Müller-Thurgau — has a reputation problem. It is the workhorse grape of Central European cooperatives, planted everywhere for volume. What Kaja Kohv does with it is different. Grown on ancient gypsum soil, blended with Auxerrois, given 12 days of partial skin contact and a full year on the lees: it becomes something aromatic, textured, and genuinely surprising. Synergie Sauvage is the most experimental wine in the lineup — the blend shifts every vintage depending on what the season gives. The name means \"wild synergy.\" That's what it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINEMAKING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarvested by hand from 30-year-old vines on gypsum soil. 80% direct press, 20% whole-cluster skin contact for 12 days. Spontaneous fermentation in old oak barrels, 12 months on the lees, unfiltered. Zero residual sugar. Total sulphites 14 mg\/l.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Racines Rebelles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57750441918796,"sku":"SW-LU-RARE-SYSA-24","price":29.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/0360\/2764\/files\/f0f06e4916df3a059db08e34b7d83b3d_4a1531a3-2178-434f-9cd0-169002debe77.jpg?v=1781014059"},{"product_id":"roche-liquide-2024","title":"ROCHE LIQUIDE 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eClear pale straw, almost water-white at the edges.\u003cbr\u003eChalk dust, green apple, fresh lemon zest, a thread of wet stone.\u003cbr\u003eTaut. Mineral. Long.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE STORY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoche Liquide means \"liquid rock.\" The name is literal. Elbling is one of the oldest cultivated grape varieties in Europe — it has been growing along the Moselle since Roman times and survives almost nowhere else. Most producers who still grow it blend it away or use it for Crémant base. Kaja Kohv gives it a solo performance: direct press, 12 months on the lees in a single 500L old oak barrel, nothing else. No skin contact, no manipulation. The wine is the grape and the geology — clay over limestone that was the floor of a Jurassic sea 200 million years ago. At 9.5% alcohol, it is one of the most precise and least-interfered-with wines in the range.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINEMAKING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarvested by hand from 40-year-old vines on clay over limestone. 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Persistent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE STORY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eSur la Peau means \"on the skin.\" Elbling almost never gets skin contact — it is a thin-skinned, high-acid variety that winemakers typically press straight and bottle young. Eight days of maceration is a deliberate act of curiosity. The result sits between white and orange wine: the mineral tension of Elbling is still there, but now wrapped in texture, warmth, and a deep amber colour that comes entirely from contact with the skins. The vines are over 40 years old, on clay over limestone. Fermented spontaneously in a 400L old acacia barrel, 12 months on the lees, unfiltered, under 8 mg\/l sulphites total. 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Grounded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE STORY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eLa Source means \"the spring\" — the origin, the beginning. It is the fullest wine in the Racines Rebelles range, and the only one built around Pinot Blanc. Where the Elbling wines are lean and mineral, La Source offers texture: three days of skin contact on 70% of the blend adds body and warmth without adding weight. The result is a wine that opens up slowly in the glass, revealing layers that the other wines don't have. Forty-year-old vines on clay over limestone, spontaneous fermentation in large old oak barrels, 12 months sur lie. The entry point into the range for anyone who prefers their natural wine with a little more flesh on the bones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINEMAKING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarvested by hand from 40-year-old vines on clay over limestone. 70% with 3 days skin contact, 30% direct press, spontaneous fermentation in large old oak barrels, 12 months sur lie, unfiltered. Zero residual sugar. Total sulphites 12 mg\/l. 11.7% alcohol.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Racines Rebelles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57750462136652,"sku":"SW-LU-RARE-LASO-24","price":36.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/0360\/2764\/files\/f0f06e4916df3a059db08e34b7d83b3d_d5028542-a0e9-4311-80c5-865a3d70a0ae.jpg?v=1781014548"},{"product_id":"soulstorm-2022","title":"SOULSTORM 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003ePale gold with fine persistent bubbles, clear and bright.\u003cbr\u003eGreen apple, fresh brioche, lemon curd, a hint of chalk and white flower.\u003cbr\u003eTense. Precise. Worth the wait.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE STORY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eLuxembourg is the only country outside France permitted to use the word \"Crémant\" for its sparkling wines — a designation earned by the quality of the traditional method here. 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