LOUIS GUNTRUM NIERSTEIN OELBERG RIESLING TROCKEN
Classified GROSSES GEWÄCHS / GRAND CRU vineyard, Oelberg“ (Oelberg = Mount of Olives), Rheinhessen, Germany. For centuries Nierstein wines from the “Roter Hang” area (the vineyards on the red colored soil of Nierstein hillsides) have been famed in many pieces of classic German literature (Schiller, Lessing, etc.). “Roter Hang” vineyards provide the purest and most classic Riesling expression.
|
Germany, Rhine Valley |
APPELLATION:
|
Grosses Gewächs / Grand Cru |
GRAPES:
|
Riesling
|
APPEARANCE:
|
Golden yellow color with straw yellow shades
|
AROMA:
|
Delicate fragrance of white peaches, apricot and juicy pears |
PALATE:
|
The classical dry Riesling in expression and elegance. Red sandstone, unique soil composition that pronounces the mineral character of Riesling. Qualitätswein. Trocken –Dry! Grapes with Spätlese ripeness were pressed and all the natural sugar in the juice has been fermented, thus the wine is dry |
FOOD PAIRING:
|
Open at least 6 hours prior to drinking. This wine needs AIR! To be paired with the finest seafood, scallops, oysters, lobster, sole and other fine white fish, veal and poultry, pasta |
SERVE:
|
8/10 °C
|