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Knapse Witte 2025 - Colonjes
Knapse Witte 2025 - Colonjes
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The Wine & Winemaker
- Winemaker: Adam (Wijnhoeve de Colonjes)
- Region: Groesbeek (near Nijmegen), Gelderland, Netherlands
- Grape: Helios & Riesèl
The Story
For the second bottle, we travel to the hilly area of Groesbeek, near Nijmegen in Gelderland. This is home to the beautiful Colonjes estate. When we arrived here recently, winemaker Adam gave us a remarkably warm welcome in a lovely twenty degree spring sun. During an extensive walk through the vineyards, he shared fascinating stories about how the climate has changed over the past twenty five years. When they first started, the cool Dutch climate meant winemakers were heavily limited and could basically only produce one style: very tight, salty, and highly acidic white wines. That is completely different now. It is getting warmer and conditions are continuously improving. Things are going so well that he even started planting classic varieties like Riesling and Chardonnay recently. We would probably still be talking right there in the vineyard if Adam did not have another appointment, that is how genuinely interested he was in our experiences with natural wines and how passionately he spoke about his own life's work.
The Vibe & Tasting Notes
From that inspired afternoon, we selected the Knapse Witte. This blend immediately proves that modern Dutch wine has indeed become so much more than just salty and fresh. Of course, it still possesses that wonderful, thirst quenching character with a tight acidity and a highly drinkable alcohol content of 11.5 percent. But it certainly does not stop there. On the nose, it opens up with an expressive bouquet full of fruity aromas like crisp apple, juicy pear, and peach. The specific loess and loam soil in Groesbeek also gives the wine a remarkably deep and complex minerality that lingers beautifully on the palate. It is a versatile, crystal clear wine. Pop it open in the sun or pour it alongside a rich pasta salad or a beautiful piece of grilled white fish.
How does it work?
How does it work?
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A box with the amount of bottles of your choosing delivered every month on the first week. The theme changes monthly. One month you get wines from Hungary, some months all oranges, some months... who knows!
Pause or change your subscription at any time. Going on holiday and want to skip a month? No problem. Got excited after trying out a 1-bottle box and want to go for the 3-bottle box next? No problem!
Why natural wine costs more, and why it’s worth it
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No shortcuts
Growers who refuse pesticides and chemical additives accept that they’ll lose a significant part of their harvest to weather, disease, and unpredictable nature, but they do it to keep their wines pure, alive, and honest.
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Risk and loss
Nature swings between plenty and scarcity; frost, hail, heat and ferments can erase volumes, fewer bottles must carry the farm’s costs, with ageing measures adding expense to keep the wine clean and true over time.
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Integrity and handwork
Hands replace chemicals: they weed, manage canopies, pick, and sort by hand; presses and gravity moves protect texture, while cleanliness and patient ageing deliver purity without shortcuts, increasing labor but preserving integrity in every bottle.
