Straw to light gold
Still White · VDP.Grosse Lage Pfalz · Pfalz
Organic dry Grosses Gewachs from the slate-rich Burrweiler Schawer: smoky slate, citrus and a long savoury close.
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Allow 35 minutes from open to pour.
Messmer joined VDP in 1997; the Schawer GG is the estate's flagship dry Riesling on slate-rich southern Mittelhaardt parcels.
Structurally full-bodied, high acidity with a long finish. Organic dry Grosses Gewachs from the slate-rich Burrweiler Schawer: smoky slate, citrus and a long savoury close.
Drink 5 to 18 from vintage. Young vintages benefit from 30-90 minutes of decanting; mature bottles should be handled carefully for sediment.
Pike-perch with brown butter is the canonical pairing; Maultaschen is the other strong match. Smoky slate and citrus echo brown butter on river fish.
No: the producer uses traditional animal-derived fining agents (typically egg whites or isinglass) during clarification, so the wine is not vegan.
The blend is Riesling. The wine is classified as VDP.Grosse Lage Pfalz.
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