Mineralstein Sauvignon Blanc 2024

Sauvignon Blanc is a relative newcomer in the Pfalz and it loves the higher altitude limestone-rich soils. The grapes are gently de-stemmed and the juice is separated from the skins immediately. As with all of Gerd’s whites, the wine remain ‘sur lie’ until bottling with no stirring and is bottled with only one light filtration.

On the nose there are hints of ripe gooseberry and greengage with hints of nettle, not quite tipping into ‘new world’ territory but extremely inviting and open / forward. On the palate the wine is somewhat reigned back with delicious citrus fruit character up-front, lively natural acidity and more of that grassy, herbaceous profile. This could not be any other grape variety and it is, in the end, distinctly ‘old world’ with a happy honesty in its making that we now associate strongly with Gerd’s wines. Fantastic value too compared to its counterparts in both hemispheres.