2023 Weingut Saalwachter Silvaner 'Alte Reben', Rheinhessen, Germany St. Lucia Distillers/ Chairman's Reserve Barolo in everything but name

Barolo in everything but name

based on natural alcohol content

High-character bouquet full of wild red berries and resinous herbs

On the surface

This vineyard features well draining pinkish gravelly alluvial soils

2023 Weingut Saalwachter Silvaner 'Alte Reben', Rheinhessen, Germany St. Lucia Distillers/ Chairman's Reserve Barolo in everything but nameThe old vines here refer to vines up to about 50 years old, mostly sourced from limestone parcels in and around Ingelheim in the north central Rheinhessen. At only 11. 5% this is the lightest but also the most cutting Silvaner alte Reben Ive had from Saalwchter. Carsten often calls this bottling his Saalwchter water, meaning the wine is just so essential and refreshing that you should drink it like water but there is also sternness here. Raw feeling,