Weingut Gunther Steinmetz Mosel Riesling (1 Liter) 2016
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Fruit is picked from various sites in Brauneberg, Kesten, Mülheim, and Veldenz. The wine shows aromas of yellow fruits and lemon with fine minerality and crisp acidity.
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Delicate tangerine and yellow peach flavors are layered in smoke and dusty slate in this sprightly off-dry Riesling. It's a light-footed, piercing wine anchored by nervous lemon-lime acidity. The finish is long and lean, accented by a touch of dried herb.
Stefan Steinmetz was born in 1978 in Bernkastel-Kues, Germany to Hans Guenther and Edith Steinmetz. He began his first 3-years of education in Viticulture at the Weinbau Schule in Bernkastel-Kues, followed by a 2-year work-study program at Nationally Certified Staatlich Geprüfter Wirtschafter Weinbau and Hochschule in Trier. Weingut Günther Steinmetz was founded in the 1900s and overseen until 1938 by Stefan’s great-grandfather, August Steinmetz. Augus’s son, Wilhelm Steinmetz ran the winery from 1938 until his death in 1958 when the winery was passed on to his son, (and father of Stefan) Herr Hans Guenther Steinmetz. Stefan would take the reins of Cellar Master and cultivation manager in 2000 along with his mother, Edith, when his father became ill. His first vintage would follow the very next year. Stefan’s dedication to traditional winemaking practices and “working as close to nature” is well known.