Elbling Trocken, Hild

Elbling Trocken, Hild - 2022

Item # 44401 750mL

The joy of Elbling is the uncompromising vigor and energy, the raucous and super-chalky acidity. This mineral aspect comes from the limestone soils (not slate!) that you find in the upper Mosel Valley It is here where the Elbling grape thrives and is revered not as some mystical grape but more as an honest grape that makes delicious white wine. Matthias Hild, who farms about five hectares in the sleepy town of Wincheringen, is a winemaker drumming to his own beat as he saves some of the old, terraced parcels of Elbling.
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Color
White
Vintage
2022
Country
Germany
Region
Mosel-Saar-Ruwer
Producer
Not Applicable
Grape Variety
Elbling
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German wines are some of the most jubilantly fruity bottles in the world. The country's Rieslings have been prized worldwide for centuries, yet they have never quite caught on in the U.S.: this no doubt due to Germany’s arcane system of wine classification. The most useful words to know on German wine labels are “Kabinett,” which indicates an outstanding everyday wine, and “trocken,” which means “dry.” As far as dessert wines go, a half-bottle of German Eiswein is so potent that you'll be able...

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