This wine is made from fruit grown on sandy clay over mother rock of volcanic origin, which imparts a rounder texture to the finished wine. Starting with a panoply of white fruit aromas including pear, white peach, and green-tinged apricot are followed by a sapid, cyanic raw almond note which morphs into caramelized almond croissant-like flavor. In the mouth the wine is only gently fruity and while dry has a more ample, silky texture. I rarely find Pinot Blanc compelling, however this one is well and truly interesting and should work wonders with autumn menus of mushrooms, white fleshed meats, and root veggies.
93 Andrew Holod
Wagner Stempel, Rheinhessen (Germany) Weissburgunder 2021 ($24, The German Wine Collection)
By Andrew Holod
