From the arch-traditional, 100+ year old Koehler-Ruprecht estate in the heart of the Pfalz, imported by Louis/Dressner.
The grand cru Saumagen vineyard, which translates to "pig's stomach," is named after the shape of the vineyard (it also happens to be the region's most famous local sausage dish). Established as a vineyard in 1810, this area used to be a limestone quarry in Roman times. The soils here are heavy in chalky marl and full of tiny individual limestones. This wine is the calling card of the estate: barrel-aged, spontaneously fermented, light on its feet but intensely flavorful and minerally, a true natural Kabinett is a dry idiom.
92+pts WA.
The grand cru Saumagen vineyard, which translates to "pig's stomach," is named after the shape of the vineyard (it also happens to be the region's most famous local sausage dish). Established as a vineyard in 1810, this area used to be a limestone quarry in Roman times. The soils here are heavy in chalky marl and full of tiny individual limestones. This wine is the calling card of the estate: barrel-aged, spontaneously fermented, light on its feet but intensely flavorful and minerally, a true natural Kabinett is a dry idiom.
92+pts WA.
