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Then a fascinating flavour profile unfolds: <strong>Dried meadow herbs<\/strong>, <strong>Apple peel<\/strong> and <strong>Wine yeast<\/strong> form the basis. With oxygen come <strong>Quince<\/strong>, <strong>Honeysuckle<\/strong>, <strong>Camomile<\/strong> and <strong>Elderflower<\/strong> The flavour is more reminiscent of a summer meadow than a classic Wachau Riesling. Original, intense, uncompromising.<\/dd>\n<dt>Palate<\/dt>\n<dd>Precise and <strong>bone dry<\/strong>, with a yeasty, spicy texture that makes the mash-fermented 30% clearly perceptible. This Riesling challenges the drinker: no pleasing fruit, no flattery, but a refreshing, almost ascetic radicality. The acidity is lively, the structure clearly defined - a wine that shows attitude.<\/dd>\n<dt>Departure<\/dt>\n<dd>Long, herbal and with a salty minerality that lingers. The yeast notes remain present and lend the finish an almost bread-like complexity.<\/dd>\n<dt>Terroir &amp; origin<\/dt>\n<dd>From the Wachau, that legendary Riesling region on the Danube. However, Katharina Salzgeber and Nikolaus Saahs from Nikolaihof are less interested in convention than in potential - they explore what happens when you break established patterns.<\/dd>\n<dt>Grape variety &amp; vinification<\/dt>\n<dd>100% <strong>Riesling<\/strong>, but different: 30% mash fermentation, 70% must, ten months in used wood. Without fining, without stabilisation, without filtration, <strong>without added sulphur<\/strong>. A natural approach that gives the wine its raw authenticity - and polarises.<\/dd>\n<dt>Food pairing suggestions<\/dt>\n<dd>This wine calls for an equally purist cuisine: <strong>Wild herb semolina dumplings with ribwort plantain<\/strong>, <strong>Quiche with dandelion pesto and chard<\/strong> or <strong>Crostini with celeriac salad and trout<\/strong>. Herb-intensive, natural dishes are the ideal partner.<\/dd>\n<dt>Special features<\/dt>\n<dd>Das Projekt \u201esemicolon\u201d ist eine bewusste Rebellion gegen das Erwartbare \u2013 wie der Strichpunkt in der Grammatik appelliert dieser Wein an den m\u00fcndigen Trinker, der bereit ist, Bekanntes hinter sich zu lassen. Nichts f\u00fcr Einsteiger, alles f\u00fcr Entdecker.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul class='wine-character-bullets'>\n<li><em>The semicolon Riesling 2020 from Nikolaihof in the Wachau is an experimental, natural wine that presents a radically new interpretation of the classic Riesling style with 30% mash content and ten months of maturation in wooden barrels without any oenological intervention.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>\ud83c\udfa8 Colour:<\/strong> Deep golden yellow with intense luminosity<\/li>\n<li><strong>\ud83d\udc43 Flavour:<\/strong> Original and multi-layered with dried meadow herbs, apple and apple peel, wine yeast; after aeration quince, honeysuckle, camomile and elderflower<\/li>\n<li><strong>\ud83d\udc45 Flavour:<\/strong> Precise, dry and yeasty-spicy with a refreshing structure and a demanding, purist character<\/li>\n<li><strong>\ud83c\udfad Character:<\/strong> Unconventional, natural and uncompromising; a wine that leaves the familiar behind and invites you to consciously savour it<\/li>\n<li><strong>\ud83c\udf7d\ufe0f Food recommendation:<\/strong> Quiche with dandelion pesto and chard, crostini with celery salad and trout, wild herb semolina dumplings, generally purist herb-influenced cuisine<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u2728 Special features:<\/strong> 30% Mash processing, ten months maturation in used wood, completely unfined, unstabilised, unfiltered and without added sulphur; experimental project to rediscover the Riesling potential<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"featured_media":211371,"template":"","meta":{"bwfblock_default_font":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false},"product_brand":[4563],"product_cat":[4562,3564],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-111379","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_brand-nikolaihof","7":"product_cat-nikolaihof","8":"product_cat-wochenendweine","9":"pa_farbe-orange","10":"pa_inhalt-750ml","11":"pa_jahrgang-2426","12":"pa_restsuesse-trocken","13":"pa_sorte-riesling","14":"pa_stil-naturwein","15":"pa_stil-orange-wine","16":"pa_typ-wein","17":"show-hover","19":"first","20":"outofstock","21":"taxable","22":"shipping-taxable","23":"purchasable","24":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>semicolon ; Riesling 2020 | Nikolaihof | Wachau<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Trockener Riesling aus der Wachau mit pr\u00e4ziser, hefig-w\u00fcrziger Note. 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