St. Christopher Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Riesling Spätlese
WHY WE LOVE IT
- The St. Christopher Wines are sourced from small contract growers encompassing a total of 20ha.
- The Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Riesling Spätlese is made with 25-year-old vines planted on the south-facing hillside slopes along the Mosel River.
- The Blue Slate Soil and steep vineyards of the Piesporter Goldtropfchen are known as one of the world’s greatest vineyard sites for Riesling.
Varietal Composition: 100% Riesling
Elaboration: All St. Christopher wines are hand-harvested, machine sorted, and then made in stainless steel tanks. Temperature controlled fermentation with selected yeast.
Tasting Notes: Well structured with notes of tropical citrus, pear and green apple. A pleasantly sweet finish with traces of minerality.
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PRODUCER BACKGROUND
The St. Christopher wines comprise of some of the most exciting, unique and highest quality wines being produced in Germany. St. Christopher offers highly rated Mosel wines like the Top 100 Piesporter Goldtropfchen Spatlese as well well as old German classics likes Zeller Schwarze Katz and Liebfraumilch. Today the wines range from Rheinhessen Gewurztraminer from to Holidays classics like, Glühwein. The St. Christopher project started in 1992 as a collaboration between Manfred Bauer and Gunther Schlink with the idea of sourcing the best Germany has to offer under one brand.