Dreissigacker Vintages Riesling NV

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Dreissigacker Vintages Riesling

Region: Rheinhessen, Germany

Vintage: NV

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Riesling

ABV: 12%

This is a pure dry Riesling with invigorating freshness boasting citrus notes, green apple, peach, fresh grass and meadow flowers. The palate is juicy and multi-layered, with good substance and a long, intense finish.

The fruit for the `Vintages` Riesling is sourced from a selection of Jochen’s vineyards within the village of Bechtheim. The best sites include Hasensprung, Geyersberg and the neigbouring Rosengarten. These vineyards see plenty of sunshine all year round, resulting in richer wines, full of character. Soil is made up of loess and marl. Jochen's approach in the vineyard is simple: to intervene as little as possible. Low yields and careful selection ensures excellent fruit.

Jochen’s latest project, ‘Vintages’, reinforces his reputation for innovation. Inspired by the meticulous work of the cellar masters in Champagne, Jochen is determined to showcase that still wines can gain depth and complexity from the skillful blending of different, but complementary, vintages. `Vintages` Riesling is a pure dry wine blending the uniqueness of eight harvests: the elegance of 2023, the precision of 2022, the fruitiness of 2021, the minerality of 2020, the finesse of 2019, the balance of 2018, the fine mature aromas of 2017 and the freshness of 2024. The organic Riesling grapes were harvested by hand, destemmed and macerated on skins for 8 hours. The juice was fermented with indigenous yeasts in 90% stainless steel tanks and 10% in `Halbstückfass`, 600 litre oak barrels. Maturation followed in the same vessels before the final blending and bottling.

Jochen Dreissigacker farms 45 hectares of certified organic vineyards in the Rheinhessen, over half of which are planted with Riesling. Jochen describes organic winemaking as “the artisan path to purity” and has also implemented biodynamic principles to create optimal conditions for his grapes to thrive. Focussing on improving vineyard practices is, as Jochen explains, “a long-term investment in nature and wines”. This extends further to reducing yields in the vineyard by creating healthier soils that reduce vine vigour. “The path to any truly great wine is to limit the number of grapes that are allowed to ripen,” says Jochen.

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