2022 Weingut Saalwachter Silvaner Grauer Stein, Rheinhessen, Germany Companya Viticola Sileo Fruit from Hubert's old clos

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

Slight static cold settling

ALl old vines which were dried out on straw mats for 5 months before being rasied in wood for 6 years

80% Carignano

2022 Weingut Saalwachter Silvaner Grauer Stein, Rheinhessen, Germany Companya Viticola Sileo Fruit from Hubert's old closThis 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