Big full bodied wine. No sugar added for our health conscience friends.

(aka. Johannisberg Riesling, Rhine Riesling, Riesling Renano, White Riesling) Steely with fruity flavors of peaches, honey and tropical fruit. A flowery bouquet and a long finish, light to medium-bodied. Produced in a wide range of sweetness. Also very popular for making ice wines also called late harvest wines. Ages better than any other white. Rounding out the package are the signature floral fruit characteristics that combine perfectly with the grape's natural sugar-acid balance. This gives Riesling the potential to age gracefully for years, becoming more supple and luxurious, with petrol-like qualities. In the Old World Riesling is treasured by German winemakers and drinkers as their noblest variety, but in many years it has difficulty ripening in all but the best vineyard locations. Just over the border, in France’s Alsace region, Riesling is also considered one of the noblest of vines. The warmer, drier and sunny Alsatian climate makes distinctively different Riesling than in Germany. It is fuller-bodied, more intensely fruity and dry to the palate. Can be incorporated in any segment of a meal. 

At the sweet extreme of the spectrum, Riesling is responsible for many of the world’s best dessert wines. Somewhat prone to Botrytis cinerea (aka ‘noble rot)’, Riesling in some vintages makes sweet wines classified as Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese in Germany, Vendages Tardives and Selectiones de Grains Nobles in Alsace.

12% alc. by volume.
0% RS.