Wine of the Week: Frank John's 2017 Pfalz Riesling

 Good morning everyone!

I am starting a weekly column: Wine of the Week.
Every week I am going to choose a wine I have tried an liked and then I am going to write a quick review about it. This way you will all have the chance of getting to know new wines.

The lucky first is Frank John's 2017 Pfalz Riesling. Riesling is one of my favourite varietals and this wine is an excellent example.

The grapes have been grown biodynamically and are harvested through several passes in the vineyard to ensure perfectly ripe grapes. 
The fermentation is spontaneous in big wooden casks (1200L and 2400L), it gifts incredible complexity to this wine.
It then ages for 1 year on the fine lees after it has carried out Malolactic Conversion fully, this allows for a full body and creamy mouthfeel.

The bouquet is enticing with green apple, apricot, ripe peach, grapefruit and honey all being sorrounded by spicy and flinty notes of sage smoke and toast.

I bought it at my local wine shop fro 24,90 Euros which, in my opinion, is a  very fair price for this kind of wine.




Hope you enjoyed.

Best,

Dino

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