Stepp Pfalz Kallstadter Saumagen Riesling Trocken 2021

BRONZE MEDAL: Decanter World Wine Awards
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94 POINTS: Wine Direct Tasting Team

This wine comes from the vineyard of Saumagen in the village of Kallstadt. The vineyard that the mighty Koehler-Ruprecht has made famous. It's wild-yeast fermented then aged on its lees for six months. Flinty and mineral on the nose, it has plenty of stone fruits, sweet pears and white flower aromas. It's bone-dry (2g/l of sugar) on the palate with lifted apple and pear blossom notes leading to a clean, fresh finish.

“This is a very special vineyard and it shows in the wine. Precise and focused, with vibrant citrus, green apple, and a stony minerality. Bone-dry with racy acidity, a touch of herbal spice, and a long, saline finish. A pure expression of this iconic Pfalz vineyard.  We love it, and it represents great value”
- Wine Direct Tasting Team

Winemaker and owner Gerd Stepp makes this exceptional German Riesling from a single vineyard in the country's warm southern region of the Pfalz.

The Kallstadter Saumage vineyard is all about loess and loam rich soils with a high limestone content, where the soils are full of tiny fossil shells, which provide high calcium content.

ABV: 12.5%