2021 Rheinhessen Riesling Dry – Gutswein Trocken Blend: 100% Riesling Tasting Notes: Nice brilliant yellow colour with green tints. Nose: Pleasant and intense with notes of peach and apricot. Good length in the mouth with an intense note of salty-mineralic limestone. A very well-structured wine with great finesse. Vinification & Ageing Process: At the beginning of October the grapes are picked exclusively by hand at the ideal moment of their ripeness. The pressing, the vinification and the wine- maturing take place in our winery in Saulheim. Prior to pressing, we leave the crushed grapes 10 hours on their skins to extract a maximum of flavour compounds. The musts are fermented naturally, 85% in stainless steel tanks (3000 litres) and 15% in used German oak barrels (1200 litres). After maturation of four months on fine lees, the wines are bottled in the springtime season following the harvest. Alcohol: 12% Formats: 750ml Private Client $23.25/btl More from our collection Alessandro di Camporeale BENEDÈ Catarratto 2021 Alessandro di Camporeale 2017 Annata Brunello di Montalcino DOCG Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona Sold Out IGT Toscana Rosso Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona 2017 Pianrosso Brunello di Montalcino DOCG Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona Sold Out 2019 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Priest Ranch 2018 Corison Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Corison Thörle The Thörle wine estate, whose history goes back to the 16th century, took a major turn in 1985. Following his father Jakob's footsteps, Rudolf Thörle shifted the focus to traditional grape varieties, including Riesling and other Burgundian varieties. Since then, the family has invested in blocks of vines in the Grand Cru and Premier Cru of the Saulheim region. Now under the leadership of Christophe and Johannes Thorle, the quality of their wines is achieved through attention to detail in every aspect of production: horse manure and grape marc instead of artificial fertilizers, permanent greening of the plots, reduced yields, and selective hand harvesting.