Schloss Johannisberger Riesling Auslese Rosalack 37.5cl 7.5%

Description

Schloss Johannisberger Riesling Auslese Rosalack is a sweet white wine from the Rheingau. Their auslese is designated by a Rosalack or “Pink Seal”.

Schloss Johannisberg is one of the most famous German wine estates. The vineyards were planted on the orders of the Roman Emperor Charlemagne. Schloss Johannisberg is a 35 hectare single vineyard wine estate (Einzellage) and can also lay claim to being the oldest Riesling estate of the world. It has been planted exclusively with 100% Riesling since 1720. The estate is located in the Rheingau wine growing region and wine has been made at the site for over 900 years.

Schloss Johannisberg is a single vineyard designation in its own right and one of a handful of German vineyards that do not have to display a village name on the label. The winery is also famous for laying claim to inventing Late Harvest Wine and for being the home of quality designations for German wine. Schloss Johannisberg made the very first Spätlese level Riesling in 1775, followed by an Auslese wine in 1787 and an Eiswein in 1858. The wines of Schloss Johannisberg have a colour coding system, the Yellow Seal a QbA wine, whilst the green seal or Grunlack, for example, designates a Spatlese – the various classifications were used as the basis for the new German wine classification of 1971. Their Auslese is denoted by a Pink Seal or Rosalack.

The grapes for the Schloss Johannisberger Rosalack Riesling Auslese are harvested by hand from vines restricted to limited yields. The vineyard soils are made up of quartz stone from the Taunus hillsides, interspersed with red clay and topped with loam and loss. Following a careful selection process the grapes were pressed in whole clusters, followed by slow, long cool fermentation under temperature controlled conditions, maintaining the purity of the fruit. 117 g/L residual sugar. Total production in 2016 was 600L.

Schloss Johannisberger Riesling Auslese Rosalack is classified as a VDP Grosse Lage  (“great site”), the designation for the highest quality German vineyards.