February 1, 2013: News, Wines of the Month
This month, we feature a magical dry Riesling from Van Volxem.
(image: Weingut Van Volxem, all rights reserved)
Over the last few years, we have the definitive feeling that Roman Niewodniczanski from the Van Volxem Estate has focused on crisper and sharper expression of Saar Riesling.
It is therefore not surprising that he took full advantage of the 2011 vintage conditions to produce a stunning range of dry-tasting wines (see our notes in the "Other Noteworthy wines" section).
Among this range, the Altenberg proved simply magical and one of the best young dry Riesling wines we have ever tasted, certainly from the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer. It is that impressive!
2011er
Van Volxem
Kanzemer Altenberg Riesling Alte Reben
30 12
96
This show-stopper of a wine starts off by offering the most beautiful, pure and complex notes of undercooled sea breeze, salt, lime, grapefruit and candied orange peel. The wine is all about silk on the palate with layer upon layer of complexity, freshness and purity packed into zesty and salty smoke. Despite all the complex and multilayered action going on in the glass, the wine remains so hauntingly pure, so simple and so at ease with itself. The long and ethereal finish is intense and yet so weightless. Simply put, this is one of the greatest dry wines ever made in the Mosel and a modern day legend in the making. Bravo! 2014-2026
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