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Jonas Dostert, Elbling Alte Reben, 2024 [Pre-Arrival ETA 7/28]

by Jonas Dostert
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Elbling is one of the oldest grapes still in the ground in Europe — the Romans likely carried it up the Moselle — and for most of the last century it was treated as bulk fodder for cheap sparkling wine. Jonas Dostert is one of a small handful of growers making the case that this was never the grape's fault. These are old vines (Alte Reben) on the Obermosel's shell-limestone soils, upriver from the slate country everyone photographs, farmed and vinified with a deliberately light touch. The result is bracing and taut: green apple, lemon pith, wet chalk, and an acidity that arrives like cold water. There is almost no perfume here and enormous drive, which is exactly the point. Elbling isn't trying to charm you. It's trying to make you thirsty.

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More about Jonas Dostert

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Elbling

  • Vintage

    2024

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Organic

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied

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From the Importer

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Shellfish, fried fish, charcuterie, fresh cheeses — anything that wants a hard acidic reset.

Tasting Profile

Green apple, lemon pith and wet chalk; bracing acidity, low aromatics, taut and mineral.

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