Hild Elbling Trocken 2021

Hild Elbling Trocken 2021Press 4 Mix White November 2023 Direct Press Selection The Obermosel, or Upper Mosel, starts at the border with Luxembourg and is planted mostly to Elbling on limestone instead of Riesling on slate. Growers here typically have none of the esteem that their Riesling focused peers enjoy, and much of the Elbling ends up in bottom shelf grocery store plonk for Eastern Europe. And yet, the Hild family, led by Matthias Hild, has maintained some of the only

The 2017 is 8 months of skin contact

The last time the weather has aligned perfectly was in 2017

a former NY wine importer and sommelier who comes from a Croatian winemaking family—at least in the sense that the family made wine for their own consumption

agroforestry

Vines have been here since the Romans but nowadays most people find it too difficult to work since it's too steep to allow for any farming machinery

Best kept refrigerated or stored in a cool

Pinot Blanc (Cooper Mountain)

and profound

That's an easy way to justify the price

single barrel

Patrick Piuze sources this fruit from Tonnerre

Since the mid 90’s when Elena took the helm the winery made the decision to cultivate primarily local varieties such as Barbera and Bonarda for their red grapes