In the glass
Aroma: dark spice, ripe citrus, liquorice, currant leaf
Palate: firm slate, crunchy mineral, piquant
A concentrated dry Grosses Gewachs from the Scharzhofberg: dark spice, ripe citrus and firm slaty minerality in a lean, straight, elegant frame.
What it pairs with
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Roast capon
Concentration and spice stand up to rich roast poultry. -
Mosel river trout meuniere
Bright slate-driven acidity and citrus mirror the brown-butter and lemon of the local fish. -
Aged Comte
Firm slaty minerality meets the nutty cheese.
History
A concentrated dry Grosses Gewachs from the Scharzhofberg: dark spice, ripe citrus and firm slaty minerality in a lean, straight, elegant frame.
Facts
- Producer
- Weingut Van Volxem
- Grapes
- Riesling
- Classification
- VDP.Grosse Lage Mosel
- Price
- EUR 60 to 110 at retail
- Drinking window
- 6 to 25 from vintage
- First vintage
- 2010
Scores
- Wine Advocate 93 (2017 vintage, reviewed 2018)