Normally a blend of all four steep slope grand crus from Immich: Batterieberg, Zeppwingert, Ellergrub, and Steffensberg; but this year the Ellergrub fruit from blue slate dominates to scintillating effect. Mostly old and ungrafted vines — at least 60 years old — the vinous heritage of Germany...
Normally a blend of all four steep slope grand crus from Immich: Batterieberg, Zeppwingert, Ellergrub, and Steffensberg; but this year the Ellergrub fruit from blue slate dominates to scintillating effect. Mostly old and ungrafted vines — at least 60 years old — the vinous heritage of Germany...
Very dry at just 3.5g/l RS. Sourced from Gunderloch's three grand cru sites (Rothenberg, Pettenthal, Hipping), spontaneously fermented and vinified in steel. Red slate (roten schiefer) coats the tongue and flourishes its herbal, spice-scented signature. 12hrs of skin contact also lends the wine a...
Always a pleasure and always great value for Riesling-lovers, the grapes for Jean-Baptiste are mainly grown on the lower terraces of the Niersteiner Pettenthal (a grand cru site). Technically a feinherb style, or "balanced off-dry” at about 22-24g/l RS every year. This is a wine we've used again...
(2.5g RS/7.5g acid/12.5% alc) A site made famous by many winemakers in the region, the Niersteiner Pettenthal is a finer soil than Rothenberg, more pebbly with broken rocks and less geological compression. The wines from here tend to be more tensile, more filigreed, lighter on their feet, yet ...
Always a pleasure and always great value for Riesling-lovers, the grapes for Jean-Baptiste are mainly grown on the lower terraces of the Niersteiner Pettenthal (a grand cru site). Technically a feinherb style, or "balanced off-dry” at about 22-24g/l RS every year. This is a wine we've used again...
