Gunderloch Jean Baptiste Riesling Kabinett (75cl, 10.5%)

Gunderloch Jean Baptiste Riesling Kabinett is an off-dry German Riesling from Rheinhessen's Roter Hang, bottled at 10.5% ABV in a 750ml bottle. It is made from 100% Riesling sourced from the lower terraces of Nierstein Hipping, Nierstein Pettenthal and Nackenheim Rothenberg, all classified at grand cru level. The wine is naturally fermented and aged entirely in 600-litre neutral oak barrels. Gunderloch farms approximately twenty-five hectares of vines along the iron oxide-rich Roter Hang overlooking the Rhine near Nierstein and Nackenheim. The nose opens with flinty reduction and crushed nettle, then pure lemon zest, with herbal and floral tones and finely grained slate minerality. The palate enters with passion fruit and pink lemonade brightness, building to ripe red apple, with stone and savory iron oxide, mineral saltiness and gentle residual sweetness. The finish is long and extremely clean, with a light spritz and wet-stone minerality.