# Bad Girls (2025)

- **Producer:** Vin de Lagamba
- **Colour:** white
- **Type:** still
- **Grapes:** Chardonnay
- **Region:** Rheinhessen, Germany
- **Style:** Natural
- **Alcohol:** 13.0%
- **Average price:** €23
- **Vegan:** Yes
- **Contains sulphites:** No
- **When to drink:** Now or Later
- **Serving temperature:** 10–12 °C
- **Aromas & flavours:** apple, pear, lemon, grapefruit, butter, toast, smoke

## About this wine

Bad Girls Vol. 1 is the debut release of an initiative spearheaded by Canadian-born winemaker Alanna LaGamba of Vin de Lagamba, in collaboration with four female winemakers across France and Spain. Operating out of Flonheim in the Rheinhessen region of Germany, LaGamba established her boutique estate after gaining viticultural experience alongside Martin Wörner. Sourced exclusively from old-vine Chardonnay planted in limestone-dominant soils, this bottling highlights low-intervention viticulture and female leadership in contemporary winemaking.

## Interesting facts

- Bad Girls is a collaboration among five female natural winemakers based across Germany, France, and Spain under a shared label concept.
- Canadian winemaker Alanna LaGamba first gained international fame with her low-alcohol German natural red, FrauenPower.
- The grapes are sourced exclusively from old vines grown on pure limestone soils in Flonheim, Rheinhessen.

## Food pairing

The combination of natural acidity, rich limestone texture, and gentle oak aging allows this wine to cut through rich sauces like brown butter and cream while holding up to savory proteins like chicken and shellfish. The unrefined texture matches mushroom earthiness and creamy cheeses seamlessly.

## Wine making process

The fruit is harvested by hand at full phenolic maturity and handled with minimal intervention. The Chardonnay grapes are direct-pressed and undergo spontaneous fermentation driven entirely by ambient wild yeasts. The wine matures slowly in neutral oak barrels to integrate texture without imparting heavy oak flavors. Bottled without fining, filtration, or added sulfur dioxide (0 mg/L added SO2).