This is what an estate wine should be, the calling card of a winery. Schönleber’s estate Riesling tends to be light, bouncier and airier than you might guess, based on the stately elegance of the Grand Crus.
From the sensational 2019 vintage and benefitting from the talents of renown winemaker Jean-Philippe Janoueix, this outstanding wine from a humble appellation is truly a Must Buy.
I also tasted an unbottled sample of the 2016 Rioja Reserva, which should be bottled in a couple of months, before the summer. What I tasted was the final blend, and it represents the year - 2016 was a cooler year, and the wine also goes in that direction...
TYPE: Dry White Wine, 750mlAppellation of Origin Santorini of High Quality VARIETAL COMPOSITION: Assyrtico VINIFICATION: Classic white vinification at controlled temperature. Maturation on fine lees for 1 month. ALCOHOLIC DEGREE: 13% TASTING NOTES: Wh...
Complex nose of pink and yellow grapefruit, peach and spring flowers. A super-elegant, dry Nahe riesling that marries plenty of juicy fruit with excellent concentration and vibrant minerality that leaps out at you. A slew of wild-berry and rose-hip charac...