Tasting notes
A hugely expressive sweet wine, notes of apricot and golden apple combine with spices and a tingling minerality. The sweetness of the wine is perfectly balanced by a fresh, lime juice acidity and finishes long and powerfully. Drink with Thai curries and fruit deserts.
Why we recommend this wine
Rieslings have traditionally been made sweet in Germany and this is a great example of why they do this.
The wine
Auslese wines are made from specially selected bunches of ripe grapes which are selected for their potential to create rich and intense wines. The grapes for this wine came from "Grand Cru" and "Premier Cru" vineyards and were hand selected and chosen for their levels of botrytis (noble rot). Spontaneous fermentation is temperature-controlled in large oak barrels followed by maturation in stainless steel tanks.
The wine estate
A family business that has worked biodynamically since 2005. The Dr. Bürklin-Wolf Estate in Wachenheim dates back to 1597, it is one of the largest and most important estates in Germany. The total vineyard area is 85 ha, a treasure trove of top-rated vineyard sites in the unique landscape of the Mittelhaardt. Bürklin-Wolf have created a quality pyramid for their wines using ratings from the Royal Bavarian Vineyard Classification of 1828. Their quality philosophy is based on the Burgundian “Cru” system. The G.C. and P.C. Rieslings are growing in our most valuable vineyard sites. Below these are the village Rieslings, the Estate Riesling rounds off the quality pyramid. In vintages with healthy botrytis they use the opportunity to make Auslese, Beerenauslese and rockenbeerenauslese..
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Food and wine
Suppoerts the classic pairing of sweet with sour or tart. Serve with Thai curries, fruit deserts, foie gras or aged cheeses. Also see our guide to pairing food and wine here.
Did you know?
German wines descriptions indicate the amount of residual sugar in the wine. From the driest they are Kabinett, Spätlese, Auslese, Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese. They also use Trocken to indicate a dry wine.