2022 Weingut Donnhoff Felsenberg Riesling Grosses Gewachs 3L, Nahe, Germany

2022 Weingut Donnhoff Felsenberg Riesling Grosses Gewachs 3L, Nahe, Germany

$420.00

Region: Nahe
Grape: Riesling
Vineyard: Schloßböckelheim Felsenberg
Soil:red volcanic igneous rock, a melange of porphyry and melaphyr
Wine-making: Fermented and matured in a mixture of stainless steel vats and neutral 10+-year-old 1200L German stückfass from Hösch.
Slope: 50-60%
Aspect: South, Southwest
Age of Vines: Approx. 25-35 years
Classi­fied VDP. GROSSE LAGE

Felsenberg

A very old and famous site, splendidly located on a steep southern slope. The vines grow under extreme conditions in weathered volcanic porphyry soil. The stony ground heats quickly during the day, and that warmth produces characteristic Rieslings with a racy fruitiness and mineral acidity, internationally recognized for their distinctive flinty aromas. At the heart of this fantastic vineyard stands our Felsentürmchen (“small rock tower”). The mineral-rich Felsenberg grapes undergo an intense selective harvest and their wines bear the symbol of the Felsentürmchen.

A great dry Riesling, very complex, displaying great, smoky crystallized minerality with a flinty character – unmistakably Felsenberg.

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