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Geltz-Zilliken makes this Mosel Riesling from slate soils, a family estate with more than 270 years of history. Low in alcohol and high in acidity, it shows green apple, lemon and white peach over a slaty, saline core.
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Butterfly Riesling is a single-variety wine from Weingut Forstmeister Geltz-Zilliken, a family estate in the Mosel with over 270 years of history and VDP Mosel-Saar-Ruwer status. The vineyards are planted entirely to Riesling on the region's slate soils, the blue and grey Devonian slate that stores the day's warmth, drains sharply and gives Mosel Riesling its distinctive stony, saline signature. This is cool-climate viticulture at its most northern, where the grapes ripen slowly on steep slopes and hold the racy acidity the region is known for. The estate ferments in old foudres and barrels rather than new oak, large neutral vessels that add no wood flavour while allowing a gentle, protective ageing that preserves the fruit and the fine acidity. The wine is deliberately low in alcohol at 11 percent, with a touch of ripeness balancing the acid line. It pours pale and bright and shows green apple, lemon and white peach with an elderflower lift over a wet-slate, saline base and a hint of honey. The palate is light, precise and mineral, the acidity long and clean. Serve well chilled at 8 to 10 degrees.
Additional information
The low alcohol and bright acidity make it a good match for spicy food, from tandoori chicken to a mild Thai curry. It also suits lighter seafood and white fish, and works as a fresh aperitif. Serve it cold.
