Ingrid Groiss Braitenpuechtorff Riesling 2023

All of the grapes for this wine come from a plot of Riesling planted in 1951 by her grandmother. The "Braitenpuechtorff” designation is a clever mash-up (if you read German, which I don't so I was left clueless too) of the names of the three towns where her grandmother's vineyards are located. At that time, Grandma Groiss’s dream might have been to have a winery of her own. But that didn’t take hold until 71 years later. Fighting her parents against the tradition of selling off all their fruit to the local co-op, Ingrid founded a winery from her grandmother’s vineyards. The results are outstanding.

This, the Riesling Braitenpiechtorff gives up delicious notes of mandarin orange, golden apples, pomelo and kaffir lime leaf on the nose. On the palate, it’s beautifully citric and precise, yet brimming with purity and clarity.