Brännland Icecider Barrel Aged Barrique 2021

Sometimes a wine maker’s job is about waiting and Brännland Iscider Barrique 2021 is an example of
just that.

– When we first tasted the wines that were slated to become the final blend we weren’t at all
happy. Despite a prolonged ageing time, the wines were not ready for bottling. After some
discussions we decided to wait for as long as was needed which turned out to be another six
months on top of the normal twelve, says Andreas Sundgren, founder of Brännland Iscider.

There are several reasons for this vintage taking longer than normal to mature. The goal was indeed
to prolong the ageing time starting with the 2021 vintage by only working with larger 500 liter barrels
from renowned Fassbinderei Stockinger in Austria. Jancis Robinson once described these barrels as
“The winemakers Strad”, referring to the equivalent of a Stradivarius.

The larger barrels slow down the pace of maturation but the wines chosen for the barrique 2021 also
spanned across a wide range of expressions, from very sweet wines low in alcohol to unusually dry
wines high in acidity.

– The end result is by far the heaviest wine Brännland Iscider has ever bottled in volume but the crucial balance and tension that we seek in every vintage is firmly in place and the barrique 2021 offers everything and more that we’ve come to expect from a Brännland Iscider Barrique, says Andreas Sundgren, founder of Brännland Iscider.