dROP 23
The goat series | chapter 1
Burgundy X Germany
Between Two Bottles is introducing the GOAT Series
BTB proudly presents the start of a new Pinot series. In each edition, I will bring together one exciting newcomer from Burgundy and one outstanding German Pinot Noir producer that I have searched for very carefully. The idea behind this series is simple: to spotlight bottles with real identity, real energy and real depth. Wines that feel alive, precise and full of character. For the opening of this new chapter, I am starting with two brilliant winemakers: Jülg and Maison Glandien. And yes — for now, this will also be the last drop together with Maison Glandien.
Jülg is one of those names that keeps coming up once you start talking seriously about German Pinot Noir. Based right on the border between Germany and Alsace, the estate works with a rare mix of precision, elegance and freshness. Their Pinots are fine-boned, detailed and beautifully shaped, with bright fruit, spice, tension and real finesse. There is a quiet confidence in these wines that I really love — nothing forced, nothing loud, just seriously classy Pinot with purity and character.
Maison Glandien brings the kind of raw Burgundy energy I always look for. These are wines made with instinct, freshness and a deep feel for texture and place. The Pinot has beautiful vibrancy, clear fruit and that slightly wild, living edge that makes it so exciting to drink. There is depth, but never heaviness. Instead, the wine feels alive, expressive and full of movement — Burgundy with soul, personality and real emotion in the glass.
The first GOAT Series drop starts on 13.04. at 19:00.
2023 Sonnenberg KT
Domaine Jülg
Sonnenberg KT 2023 is a Pinot Noir with serious shape, nerve, and that kind of quiet authority you notice straight away. It comes from the Schweigener Sonnenberg, with the vineyards lying on the French side in Alsace, and you can really feel that special tension in the wine. There is something very clear and very focused about it — stony, fine-boned, fresh, and full of direction. This is not a soft or easygoing style of Pinot. It has grip, structure, and real energy, but everything feels beautifully in place.
Johannes Jülg is one of those names that keeps coming up the moment you talk to wine nerds in Germany about who is seriously pushing Pinot forward right now. Again and again, his name falls. And for good reason. What makes his wines so exciting is that they manage to feel polished and precise without ever losing life. There is always movement, always tension, always this sense that the wine knows exactly where it wants to go.
With Sonnenberg KT 2023, that all comes together in a pretty stunning way. The élevage gives the wine frame and depth, but it never feels marked by the cellar. What stays with you much more is the balance: cool fruit, fine tannins, freshness, and that slightly serious, beautifully restrained elegance that makes great Pinot so addictive. It is a wine with real class, real tension, and the kind of bottle that makes you understand immediately why Jülg has become such an important name.
2024 L'Ouverture Rouge
Tino Kuban - Maison Glandien
L’Ouverture 2024 is Pinot Noir from two vineyards in Aluze, both west-facing and rooted in Oxfordian marl soils, with vines planted in 1954 and 1978. Right from the start, this already points toward a wine with freshness, shape, and that slightly cooler, more tension-filled side of Burgundy that we love so much. It is not about soft fruit or easy charm. There is something more serious underneath — more structure, more energy, more direction.
In the cellar, Tino works in a way that feels instinctive, but never random. The grapes are picked in the cool hours of the day, rest overnight in a cooling chamber, and go into tank with full stems. Fermentation happens with native yeasts and without sulphur, with semi-carbonic maceration, punchdowns, warm temperatures and long post-fermentation infusions that give the wine depth, movement and real personality. After pressing, the wine goes into barrel with some lees and is later bottled without fining or filtration.
What makes L’Ouverture 2024 so exciting is exactly this mix of wildness and control. And that says a lot about Tino Kuban as a winemaker. He is one of those people who works with real conviction and a very clear feel for energy, texture, and tension. The wine feels alive, uncompromising, and full of character, while still carrying that quiet precision that makes Maison Glandien so compelling.
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Important Note
Due to its limited availability, we want to ensure a fair distribution.
Country Allocations: Each country has a specific allocation of wine boxes. This approach helps us distribute the boxes fairly across different regions. I can only sell to the following countries: Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Austria.