Vina Šuman - Moon Drops 2024

Surface area 8 ha.
Natural since early 2000s, Demeter certified since 2012

About the winemaker
The Šuman family’s connection to winegrowing reaches deep into the past their ancestors were devoted vine growers, with a lineage of knowledge and passion that stretches back to the 14th century. Today, their reverence for nature is woven into every aspect of this Slovenian natural wine producer. The Šuman vineyards are open to all forms of life, with a profound trust that nature itself will choose the right path. At the helm, Radovan Šuman listens quietly to the needs of the land, guiding only when necessary, and ensuring that the rhythms of the ecosystem remain undisturbed. This is truly an artisan, family-run vineyard, where nature’s wisdom provides both direction and inspiration.

About the vineyard
Radovan Šuman is entirely self-taught, crafting his wines amid the rolling hills of Slovenian Styria just across the border from Austria and not far from the famed Musters and Tscheppes. Life abounds among his organic vineyards in Slovenska Štajerska; you feel it in the air and taste it in the grapes, whose vitality is unmistakably captured in every bottle. Biodynamic winemaking here is rooted in Rudolf Steiner’s principles; they are taken seriously, down to the smallest detail. Šuman is a radical low-intervention producer: no ploughing, no spraying, and absolutely nothing is ever added to the wine. Every step is grounded in the strength and natural energy that abound in and around the estate. This is sustainable viticulture in its most uncompromising form.

About the wines
These are wines alive with energy full-bodied, vibrant, intensely aromatic, and striking in their colour and depth. For each cuvée, the grapes are macerated according to what suits that particular expression best, coaxing out every nuance the fruit can offer. All wines are aged in old Alsatian foudres, and the results are strictly natural true to the estate’s uncompromising standards. An example is ‘Moon Drops’, a blend of twelve grape varieties given only a short maceration, then matured for two years in the historic foudres before being finished in clay vessels just before bottling.

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