2022 Leipold Silvaner Kabinett Trocken, Franken, Germany Naoussa Delicious blend of Pinot Noir

Delicious blend of Pinot Noir and Gamay vinified with 100% whole clusters in cement tank before aging in a combination of older oak and amphoae

The still wine is racked once and not filtered before its secondary fermentation

and chamomile wrapped in gentle tea-like tannin

I hope this wine speaks as much to the vineyard as to the varieties from which it is composed- which of course is the point

Pinot Noir - planted 2008

2022 Leipold Silvaner Kabinett Trocken, Franken, Germany Naoussa Delicious blend of Pinot NoirThis is an estate we were introduced to by Klaus Peter Keller. Peter Leipold, the young son who is taking over the winery, simply has the touch, I dont know how else to say it. Nearly every wine Ive tasted from the estate is incredibly linear, light, incisive and penetrating yet also electric. Two words keep coming to mind: saturation and evaporation. The wines have a super fine, glycerine density to them, yet then they are gone, weightless only the