2024 Van Volxem Rotschiefer Riesling Kabinett
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Body: fairly light. Fuller than most white wines from ; 8.5% alcohol.
Sweetness: medium sweet. Kabinett on the label.
Acidity: high. from the fairly cool climate of .
Aromas: flowers, stone fruit and tropical fruit, typical of
Made: as Kabinett, from ripe grapes, the lightest Prädikat
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Log inRoman Niewodniczanski, who took over the domain in 2000 and completely restored it, is part of the Bittburger family. His drive for quality is unstoppable and his aim is to optimally let the various top terroirs (steep mineral-rich slate, sandstone and rhyolite) speak. For this, major investments have been made in the vineyards and the grapes are always picked late and manually in different phases at the end of October/November. Read more under the tab: Winery
This delicious Riesling wine, grown on iron-rich red slate beds, does not taste dry at all. The Van Volxem Rotschiefer Riesling Kabinett consists entirely of the Riesling grape. The grapes come from iron-rich red slate soils in Wiltingen. After a manual harvest, the grapes go into stainless steel tanks for maceration and fermentation. This entire process takes about 6 to 7 months. After which bottling takes place without clarification. This 'feinherb' has a scent of ripe fruit with a hint of citrus and minerality. Fresh with the sweet and sour of ripe fruit such as grapefruit. In addition, spicy notes with a long concentrated aftertaste. This is a perfect aperitif and a good accompaniment to fish dishes (not smoked), shellfish, light meat dishes and white poultry, oriental spiced dishes and red flora cheese.
FACT: The wine is in our conditioned Wine Warehouse and if you come to pick up the wine you will often also receive a nice discount. You will see your discount immediately when you choose 'Pick up' on the checkout page. We are located in Dordrecht almost next to the A16 with plenty of parking. Click here for our address.
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Compared to the vineyards on the Moselle River, those on the Saar tributary are slightly cooler. Viticulture is therefore even more of a challenge here, and as a rule the wines, and certainly the Rieslings of the Saar, are even more nervous and mineral than those of Moselle. Elegance is the key word here, and the same goes for the wines of Weingut from Volxem, nowadays one of the Saar's leading wineries.
The Van Volxem company in the village of Wiltingen has grown into a hit in the past ten years, after it was taken over by Roman Niewodniczanski in 1999. This descendant of the Bitburger family - you know, from the beer - has invested heavily in Van Volxem since then. . Incidentally, he first changed the name of the winery. Peter Jordan, who acquired it in 1993, had renamed Volxem's Weingut into Jordan & Jordan. So Niewodniczanski decided to return the winery to its original name after six years. Niewodniczanski even planted grape vines in vineyards between the rows, because he thought there were too few vines on one hectare. The cellar and winemaking facilities were also addressed. Beautiful vineyards were purchased to further improve the quality of the vineyard property. The total area of the vineyards is now 26 hectares, 95% of which is planted with riesling, and exclusively in Steillagen, so the very best slopes. The average age of the vines is over forty years, so it is not surprising that the wines have a beautiful depth and concentration. The oldest vines are in the Wiltinger Gottesfuß vineyard, and are 120 years old! They even stand on ungrafted rhizomes, so they don't have an American lower stock, as almost all grapes today have to protect them from the devastating grape lice. There are also possessions in other top vineyards, such as the Klosterberg, Kupp and the Scharzhofberg. The vineyards produce only low yields, no more than around 35 hectoliters per hectare. The grapes are harvested late, from the beginning of October, and the harvest usually lasts until December. In the cellar, the wines ferment on classic, large wooden casks with yeasts from the grapes themselves, so without the addition of yeasts from a package. All worries, all perfection and the large investments yield wines that can be counted among the top of Germany.
Deze Rotschiefer Riesling Kabinett uit 2024 toont rijp fruit en een frisse citruskant met duidelijke mineraliteit van de ijzerrijke rode leisteen, een subtiele zoetheid en kruidige tonen die samen zorgen voor een levendig, geconcentreerd en elegant smaakprofiel. Door de verfrissende zuren en het lichte zoet-zure evenwicht vormt de wijn een perfecte match bij witte vis en schelpdieren omdat hij vet en zilte toetsen opfrist, bij gevogelte omdat hij zachte sauzen en geroosterde smaken aanvult, en bij pittige oosterse gerechten omdat de restzoetheid de kruiding tempert; probeer hem bij licht gegrilde of in de pan gebakken vis met citroen, bij garnaaltjes in knoflook en olie of bij geroosterde kip met milde kruiden voor een extra geslaagde combinatie.
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