St. Antonius Dornfelder Nahe 2023 BenRiach

St. Antonius Dornfelder Nahe 2023 BenRiachThe vineyards of Rheinhessen are planted on rolling hillsides covering a wide area, between the two rivers forming its east and west borders the Rhein and the Nahe. Thesoils in the region are comprised of Loess, [limestone and loam], often mixed with sandor gravel. These fertile, well draining, loam soils, combined with the moderate climatethe region offers, enable the Dornfelder to ripen and develop complexity. Our Dornfelder is produced exclusively

Keeps for 50 years or more

Winemaking

Shinshu distillery produces whisky during winter months and gives way to the production of shochu and other brandies the rest of the times

The Canadians love to make ice wine"Produced since 1994

It becomes the property of LVMH (Hennessy) in 1987 and in 2003 of the CL Financial Group from Trinidad and in 2013 of the Nicolas family that is well-known because of its wine-shops all over France

fermented with wild yeast found naturally on the grapes…not in a packet

maybe more leather and apples

A gentle giant

Finish: Medium length

Mouth: An attack that’s pretty okay

Wine Advocate (153)

A salmon pink color with an intense fruity and fresh bouquet in the scent with notes of blueberries