Riesling The Rum Barrel Aged Sparkling Aeromantic Riesling is a pét-nat on Riesling grapes concocted in collaboration with Mikkeller, Weingut Meierer, Phantom Spirits, and The Night Flight Orchestra. It is a sparkling take on the Riesling wine from Matthias Meierer and the steep slated slopes of Kesten, Mosel. After dwelling for just the right time in the extravagant and sophisticated company of a Larmandier-Bernier champagne barrel, most recently being the dark and woody home of an 8y Barbados rum, this sparkling wine exhibits notes of honeydew melon, green apple and light petrol, veiled in a chalky minerality yet fruity honey-sweet softness. The fruit character and the smooth acidity of the Riesling base, is kept in check by the Rum-washed staves of the Larmandier-Bernier barrel, swathed with the insisting treacly sweetness and warmth of the Barbados rum. All this is wrapped up and sent into stratospheric flight, forcefully propelled by the prickly, elegant bubbles of CO2. Collaborators: Mikkeller Vineyards, Weingut Meierer & The Night Flight Orchestra Spirit: Phantom Spirits rum barrel aged sparkling Riesling Origin: Kesten Age: Vintage 2018 Alcohol: 11,5% Content: 750 ml. Bottles: 160 Artwork: Jakob Printzlau & Giorgia Carteri Produced and bottled by Phantom Spirits and Mikkeller at To Øl City, Svinninge, Denmark 2020