RIESLING NIEDERHAUSER HERMANNSHÖHLE SPATLESE 2013

The Hermannshöhle has been recognized for more than a century as the largest terroir in the Nahe. It is a superb steep hillside, facing south, a mixture of grey schist and volcanic rock (porphyry). It makes it possible to produce huge rieslings in dry as well as semi-dry and sweet. The 2013 Hermannshöhle Spätlese has a magnificent, deep and complex fruit with great ripeness. The palate is refined, intense, superlatively long with a perfect balance between sugars and acidity. Semi-dry Riesling rich 9% 60-year-old vines Manual harvest - yields 40hl/ha Fermentation and ageing in stainless steel vats and oak barrels.