Von den Terrassen Riesling trocken 2024

The wine's story:

The slopes of Hambach’s Schlossberg were once entirely covered with terraces; today only a fraction of them survive. Lukas farms one such high-lying terraced parcel, home to old ungrafted vines – a rarity in Germany. The handwork here is hard and the yield small, but the result is the house’s most concentrated and precise Riesling.

Lukas Hammelmann founded his small wine estate in Zeiskam, in the southern Pfalz, in 2016, coming from a family with no previous connection to winemaking. He farms just under five hectares in three villages – Zeiskam, Hochstadt and Neustadt-Hambach – and makes wine from only three varieties: Riesling, Chardonnay and Spätburgunder.

Winemaking:

• Variety: Riesling 100% – single-vineyard wine
• Soil: sandstone
• Vines: old, ungrafted
• Hand-harvested, spontaneous fermentation in wooden casks
• Around 24 months on the lees, full malolactic fermentation, bottled unfiltered
• Alcohol 12.5%

Tasting notes:

Concentrated citrus, stone fruit, dried herbs and flint. Dry, with a precise line, great depth and a long mineral finish. Decanting recommended.

Food pairing:

For special dinners – lobster, scallops, fish with white butter sauce, veal, mature Comté.

Ageing potential:

Best 2027–2038.

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