Winemaker Notes
Typical for a wine from this vineyard side are smoky, spicy notes, created from the limestone. The vintage related balance between minerality and perfectly ripe grapes is expressed in a salty, mineralic type, which makes the wine really long lasting. The fully ripe completely healthy grapes together with their careful wine production and fermentation in stainless steel create this typical type of wine. The tension between ripeness, power, fruit, depth and mineralic acidity makes this wine so special. The wine has a high aging potential – like all Rebholz wines
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
All the elements of this rich and well-structured dry pinot blanc interlock beautifully on the palate and this has a long, very elegant finish. There’s great, pear and fresh-nut character there, but the nose is still a bit closed. Great potential, if you can wait a moment.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The Siebeldinger 2019 Weisser Burgunder Vom Muschelkalk is pure, refined and flinty on the aromatic nose. Round and silky on the palate, this is a medium to full-bodied, very elegant Pinot Blanc with a long and finely structured finish with lemon and yeasty flavors as well as mouthwatering salinity.
Range: 92-93
Approachable, aromatic and pleasantly plush on the palate, Pinot Blanc is a white grape variety most associated with the Alsace region of France. Although its heritage is Burgundian, today it is rarely found there and instead thrives throughout central Europe, namely Germany and Austria, where it is known as Weissburgunder and Alto Adige where it is called Pinot Bianco. Interestingly, Pinot Blanc was born out of a mutation of the pink-skinned Pinot Gris. Somm Secret—Chardonnay fans looking to try something new would benefit from giving Pinot Blanc a try.
This sunny and relatively dry region served for many years as a German tourist mecca and was associated with low cost, cheerful wines. But since the 1980s, it has gained a reputation as one of Germany’s more innovative regions, which has led to increased international demand.