Dreissigacker “Vintages” Riesling

Description

Why we love it
The work of a maker with a real reputation for innovation – a beautifully pure, dry Riesling blending the unique qualities from five different harvests.

Tasting notes
Lemon yellow in colour. An invigoratingly fresh nose with notes of citrus, green apple, peach, fresh grass and meadow flowers. The palate is juicy and multi-layered, with good substance and a long, intense finish.

Food pairing
Try with a pork schnitzel or with seafood such as sushi, ceviche or crab.

Additional information
The wine blends the unique qualities from five harvests: the fine, ripe aromas from 2017, the balance from 2018, the elegance from 2019, the mineral freshness from 2020 and the fruitiness from 2021.

The organic Riesling grapes were harvested by hand, destemmed and macerated on their skins for eight hours. The juice was fermented with indigenous yeasts – 90% in stainless-steel tanks and 10% in 600-litre oak barrels. Maturation followed in the same vessels before the final blending and bottling in August 2022.

From 2019, Jochen Dreissigacker has been following biodynamic principles on much of his estate, although he has chosen not to seek certification.