Thorsten Melsheimer

Riesling Trocken 2022

This wine is everything you want from a dry Riesling, and at this price, we don't think there's a better biodynamic example! Think buckets of that word 'minerality,' lemon zest and a side of your favourite biscuits. The perfect killer wine for that hole in your midweek wine selection. Take it from us, you may just need two.
 

DETAILS ABOUT THE WINE:

Winemaker: Thorsten Melsheimer

Farming: Biodynamic

Region: Mosel, Germany

Vintage: 2022

Grapes: Riesling

Colour: White

ABV: 11.5%

Size: 75 cL

£29.00

Behind the Bottle

Thorsten Melsheimer

The Melsheimer winery is a place full of history and tradition. Walking into the small cobbled street in the village of Reil indeed feels like a moment of the past, as if we are in the middle of the 19th century where this may well have been the Burgundy or Bordeaux of the wine world. The Melsheimers were never part of the 'top' estates or 'prime' single-vineyards, but already Thorsten Melsheimer's grand father was incredibly proud of the family's monopole vineyard - Reiler Mullay Hofberg - a few minutes away from the tiny village ...