Ziereisen, Steinkrugle Gutedel (Chasselas), 2020

Name: Ziereisen, Steinkrugle Gutedel (Chasselas), 2020
Brand: Ziereisen
SKU: NYC-MSK-`DE-ZIE-13-20`-013026-6
Price: 33.99 USD
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White Wine from Baden, Germany

by Ziereisen

$33.99

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Premium doesn't always mean ripe and sweet—at Ziereisen, it means old vines, extended lees aging, and unwavering commitment to a grape others abandon. The Steinkrügle (Stone Valley) Gutedel comes from 40+-year-old vines and spends 20-24 months on lees, an almost shocking investment for Chasselas. The result is a wine of remarkable complexity: light-to-medium bodied yet layered with vanilla and cedar from neutral aging, apple and quince, green fig, and cardamom complexity that deepens with each taste. A whisper of quinine on the finish, lemongrass aromatics, and a floral persistence that belies the wine's delicate origins. This is Gutedel mature, thinking, and transformed by time into something approaching profundity. A meditation wine disguised as a humble regional white.

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Professional Reviews

Robert Parker

RP 93

"The 2020 Steinkrügle is another fascinating Chasselas from Hanspeter and Edeltraud Ziereisen that comes from 40+-year-old vines and was aged on the lees for about 20 months in traditional oak casks. The wine exhibits an intense golden-yellow color and a deep, pure, concentrated and intensely mineral bouquet with ripe, elegant fruit aromas intermingled with iodine notes of crushed stones and refreshing phenolic nuances. Dense, lush and elegant on the tropical-flavored palate, this is a fine and erotic Chasselas with a long, complex and stimulating saline finish. The acidity is fine and fresh and perfectly integrated with the phenolic structure and elegant texture of this youthful and age-worthy white from Germany's southern tip. It was bottled with 11% stated alcohol but with a density, intensity and complexity you can hardly measure. After the superb 2017, this is another over-performing Steinkrügle." -Stephan Reinhardt

Wine Enthusiast

WE 92

"This is lovely, with lemongrass, yellow plum and Jonagold apple flavors seamlessly layered, offset with a quinine hint and carrying through a long, floral finish. A fine representation of the variety, it combining an ethereal feel with an alluring flavor profile." -Aleks Zecevic

What importer Skurnik Wines has to say about this wine...

Variety: Gutedel (Chasselas)
Region: Baden
Vineyard: Steinkrugle
Soil Type: Jura limestone
Fermentation & Élevage: Spontaneous fermentation, 20-24 months on the lees, no fining or filtration

Details

Grape Variety

Gutedel
Vintage

2020
Size

750ml
Sweetness

Dry
Body

Light Bodied

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