Tasting note
A Sauvignon Blanc from Siebeldingen? At Rebholz, this is no whim but a matter of consistency. The estate treats the Loire variety with the same straightforwardness: fermented through, bone dry, without any cosmetic additions. The result is a green, herbaceous wine of rare clarity in its signature – more meadow than fruit basket, more Palatinate than New Zealand.
- Colour & appearance
- Pale golden yellow with distinct green reflections in the glass.
- Nose
- Decidedly vegetal: wild meadow herbs, coriander, ginger, green pepper and a hint of forest floor. With air, green apple, lime and gooseberry emerge.
- Palate
- Juicy, delicately saline, fresh. The green aromas dominate, lending a purist impression. Textured in structure, with juicy volume and fine fruit sweetness – herbal cuisine is the order of the day here.
- Finish
- Clear and cool, with a herbaceous aftertaste and a fine saline note that leaves the mouth clean and ready for the next bite.
- Terroir & origin
- Grown on Buntsandstein (coloured sandstone) at the edge of the Palatinate Forest – the soil to which Weingut Rebholz attributes elegance and fine structure. The estate cultivates 26 hectares around Siebeldingen, has been organically certified since 2005 and has been a member of respekt-BIODYN since 2015.
- Grape variety & vinification
- Sauvignon Blanc. Natural sedimentation was achieved through pre-clarification; the highly reductive ageing took place in stainless steel tanks – cool, unadorned, without any influence of wood. 12.0% vol., dry.
- Food recommendations
- Herb-driven cuisine is its domain: goat’s cheese, fish with fennel, vegetables with herb vinaigrette or Thai curry with coriander. Also a shrewd choice alongside sushi.
- Special features
- A Sauvignon Blanc that relies not on exotic fruit but on herbs, salt and coolness – the rare, serious German interpretation of the variety from an estate otherwise world-famous for its Rieslings and Pinots.
