2022 Weingut Saalwachter Silvaner Grauer Stein, Rheinhessen, Germany Companya Viticola Sileo Marlborough

Marlborough

Slight static cold settling

Fruit from Hubert's old clos saw 100% whole fermentation

The more accesible

80% Carignano

2022 Weingut Saalwachter Silvaner Grauer Stein, Rheinhessen, Germany Companya Viticola Sileo MarlboroughThis is Carstens top Silvaner bottling from the oldest Silvaner vines at the estate, around 70 years old. Only tiny quantities are made; it is released after two years in barrel and then additional bottle aging. For all the grandiosity and fullness (albeit a disciplined fullness), the Silvaner Grauer Stein is broad shouldered, yet taut and lean feeling. There is so much salty density here while the wine is at once buoyant (upward looking) and incisive