2022 von Winning "Forster" Riesling Troken, Pfalz, GermanyABOUT THIS WINE From a single vineyard site in Deidesheim (north of Deidesheim at the edge of the Haardt highlands). 100% Riesling from Hergottsacker (This name suggests that the location was owned by the church at the end of middle ages). The soils here are mostly loamy sand, subsoil: new red sandstone detritus, limestone, basalt alterations with layers of clay. Fermentation and evelage are done in stainless steel. ABOUT THIS PRODUCER The fact that

except in moderate or unripe vintages

the Chave family (currently helmed by Gérard and son Jean-Louis) represents 16 generations of unbroken lineage committed to the production of some of the finest Syrah

are truly authentic to its “sense of place and people” and will guarantee a lasting legacy

Two years of aging in our own American oak barrels (new the first year and four-year-old barrels the second)

Farming is organic/biodynamic

Madame Douhairet asked renowned winemaker André Porcheret to take charge and added his name to the domaine

of which he owns 40 hectares

regardless of hierarchy

and Bourgogne Rouge

Cremant de Bourgogne and Créme de Cassis made using their own blackcurrants

Fully destemmed

and Philippe will ask you to describe all of the flavor associations that you find in the wines and fastidiously write them down