Ganz Horn Riesling GG, 2018
A salty acidity, a high complexity and a never-ending finish.
Importer: Vinoteka Co., Ltd, MST 0313789985 · Seller: The Wine Vault Co., Ltd, MST 0315864130
Not for persons under 18 or pregnant women.
About this wine
Wine Style:
White - Mineral, rich, notch of salinity, long staying
Tasting Notes:
The strong mineral and spicy smell is typical for colored sandstone. In addition, it also brings elegant citrus notes in the nose. A complex and elegant wine which is, through our consequent and uncompromising style of winemaking, a wine with a huge aging potential.
Vineyards:
“Ganzhorn im Sonnenschein” is colorful sandstone, south facing vineyard site. Biodynamically farmed from 2006. The location "GANZ HORN" IN THE SUNSHINE, always shows itself as the most purist of winery's vineyard. The typical layer salty-mineral notes remind one of the pebbles of the slope gravel floor, which gives a fine scent followed by white peach and ripe citrus. The vineyards are 160 to 225 m above sea level and have 5 to 20% slope. The plot, which is called "Siebeldinger Ganzhorn" was already known for its top Rieslings before the wine law amendment in 1971, 2.5 hectares are considered VDP. Grosse Gewachs (Grand Cru equivalent) in which 2.1 hectares are the source of the grapes for this wine.
Maturation:
5-6 months on the lees in stainless steel tanks.
Winemaking process:
After selective hand-picking on 30 October 2019 in several harvesting rounds, the grapes were destemmed. On the 24-hourly mashing time is followed by gentle pressing and pre-clarification by natural sedimentation of the Mosttrubes. The must is then fermented in stainless steel tanks. After 5 months of storage on the lees followed in March 2020 by racking (process of moving wine from one vessel to another using gravity with the purpose of removing the sediment and lees.) and in June 2020 the wine was bottled.
Interesting notes:
soil, consists of sand and sandstone of the colorful sandstone of Pfälzer Wald, Loam and gravel. It is a perfect soil for Riesling.
Vinoteka's note
Ganz Horn is a parcel of barely 1.5 hectares inside Siebeldinger Im Sonnenschein, bottled under its own name only since 2007: its soil of Pleistocene slope gravel over red sandstone is quite unlike the rest of the site. Rebholz farms biodynamically and makes bone-dry, long-lived Rieslings. Bright yellow, with citrus, wet pebbles, white pepper and peach skin, a snappy, spicy palate and a saline, citrus-tart finish. Serve at 11 °C; the producer suggests red lentils with lemon oil or baked fish with lime mayonnaise.
Written by the Vinoteka team from the producer's technical sheet.
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