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Saalwachter, Weisserburgunder, 2024

White Wine from Rheinhessen, Germany
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This is Pinot Blanc made with a Burgundian mindset: dry, light on its feet and built for the dinner table rather than the tasting bar. Carsten Saalwächter runs the family estate Paul Christian Saalwächter founded in 1853. He makes Pinot Noir and Pinot Blanc from limestone-rich soils, and the aim is elegant, food-friendly wines. His vineyards sit in and around Ingelheim in cool northern Rheinhessen. Many of the parcels are flat and windswept. That's where the house's bright, firm acidity comes from. The 2024 is organically farmed, crisp and light-bodied. It drinks easily on a weeknight but still shows real care in the making. If you want a Burgundy-style white that doesn't need a special occasion, this is a very good place to start.

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Antonio Galloni

93 points

"The 2024 Weisser Burgunder is from a co-plantation of Pinot Blanc and around a fifth of Chardonnay, on north-facing Tertiary limestone in the sites of Höllenweg, Kreuzkirche, Lottenstück and Steinacker, all in Ingelheim. Yeasty suppleness on the nose holds tender, ripe white peach flesh, fresh double cream, lemon and a more distant hint of ocean and sandalwood. The freshness delves deep into salty stone, is concentrated and bright, framing the smooth, yeasty midpalate with citrus. Lovely." —Anne Krebiehl MW

Robert Parker

94 points

"Pressed with some percentages of co-planted Chardonnay, the 2024 Weisser Burgunder opens with an intense and elegant bouquet with pencil shaving aromas from the large Assmann oak vats. Saline and pure on the palate, this is a dense and minerally tensioned Ingelheim Burgundy with intense and textured fruit and a long, lemony finish with grip and lemon bitters. This is another spectacular 2024 from Carsten Saalwächter. Tasted as a sample ready for bottling in April 2026." —Stephan Reinhardt

More about Saalwachter

Carsten Saalwächter is being called one of Germany's most exciting young winemakers, and he runs a historic vineyard that Paul Christian Saalwächter founded in 1853. Located in Ingelheim in the Rheingau, it's on limestone-rich soils that give wines precision and complexity. Carsten makes elegant, gastronomic Burgundy-style wines from Pinot Noir and Pinot Blanc, plus slate-grown reds from Assmannshausen. Natural winemaking meets German precision.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Pinot Blanc

  • Vintage

    2024

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Organic

  • Style

    Crisp

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

White asparagus with hollandaise, pan-fried trout with brown butter and almonds, chicken schnitzel with lemon, goat cheese and leek tart, raw oysters.

Tasting Profile

Dry and light-bodied, with crisp, refreshing acidity.

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