Information about wine
The sea spider was extracted from the Gimmeldingen almond orchard. The name is that of a
old vineyard, which produces better wines than the rest of the almond orchard, which is why the
Meerspinne is declared as Großes Gewächs and the rest of the Mandelgarten as Erste Lage.
The Meerspinne site has a limestone and red sandstone marl topsoil on
massive lime subsoil. The Riesling was harvested botrytis-free in November. It stood until
to six hours on the mash, was fermented spontaneously and like all Christmann's
GGs fermented down to around two grams of residual sugar and aged in large double barrels.
and aged in stainless steel.
Color
Platinum Yellow
Nose
In the "Mersbin", as the location was already called in 1456, Christmann creates the most puristic
Great Growths of the portfolio. This is also the case with the 2018 vintage. The Riesling appears
closed, chalky, firm and cool with notes of green apple, lemon and verbena,
Nuts and almonds including shells and from broken limestone.
Palate
However, this cool purist look should not be a deterrent, even if there is a
Palate goes on like this. What impresses here very much is the clarity, the focus on the
Taut, austere, citrusy, bony, which at the same time brings earthy and stony notes to the palate.
rinses, but also juicy and spicy. Green herbs, limes and lemons, pome fruit and salt.
deliver here the ingredients from which this finely knitted pure fabric was created. What a
Ascetic!
Food recommendations by Christoph Raffelt
- Char tartare with lemon, mustard seed, prawns and dill
- Jacket potato with whitefish caviar and smoked mayonnaise
- Sweet and sour cucumber with burrata, einkorn, dill and cucumber sorbet
Winemaker | Christmann |
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Country | Germany |
Region | Palatinate |
Type | |
Vintage | |
Variety | |
Content | |
Allergens | Contains sulfur |
Alcohol content | |
Residual sweetness | ■□□□□ |
Acid | 8,3 g/l |
Drinking temperature | 12° |
Manufacturer | Winery A. Christmann, Peter-Koch-Str. 43, 67435 Gimmeldingen/Pfalz / Germany, organic certificate: DE-ÖKO-003 |