Weingut Gunderloch - Rothenberg Riesling Trocken GG 2022 (750ml) XinomavroGunderloch's Rothenberg Riesling trocken GG shows a coolish, more flinty, herbal and remote nose next to the Pettenthal and is perhaps the more aristocratic Riesling, with yeasty and oaky notes that are super discreet but give a textural richness that softens the first impressions a bit. In fact, the palate is generous, textured and very elegant, with ripe, lush and elegant fruit and a very long, saline and crystalline finish.
including unusually impressive palate weight and a generously rounded mouthfeel
unmistakable wine
The wine obtained is then aged for 6 months in oak (25-50 hl Slavonian oak) where the second fermentation takes place (“Malolactic Fermentation”)
It already has a beautiful long aftertaste
the grapes for this wine were fermented in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks
but the two varieties make up less than 5% of the wine)
producing a riper style wine that provides a distinct passion fruit character to the
Bottled unfined and unfiltered
Ray's Road is Kumeu's Hawke's Bay vineyard
but is far from unapproachable and is drinking incredibly well today
This Syrah was selected from a sub-region of Elgin from a specific vineyard and an individual clone
with sparkles of anise and black tea adding nuance to a core of lushly textured loganberry and mulberry fruit
