Silvaner Grauer Stein 2021 is a natural wine crafted by Carsten Saalwächter, in the Rheinhessen region in Germany. This white wine is made with 100% Silvaner grapes, and we hear its a Silvaner to wow you (which is rare for the grape)!
Carsten actually claims this is his best ever wine. Limestone soils, old vines with the wine gently pressed with a basket press and without pre-clarification, aged for a good year in a single half barrel, unfiltered, unfined and filled with a tiny dose of sulphur.
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Saalwächter is a historic vineyard having first been developed by Paul Christian Saalwächter in 1853, who was the mayor of the limestone-rich region of Ingelheim. The winery is now run since 2017 by youthful winemaker Carsten Saalwächter who is being described as one of the most exciting German winemakers to shake up the natural wine scene, making elegant and gastronomic, precise wines that are getting Somms very excited in the best restaurants!
Saalwächter has plots in both Ingelheim as well as the very steep, slate driven slopes of Assmannshäuser Höllenberg which he describes as real Grand Cru plots. With experience in Burgundy as well as a love for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, Casten Saalwächter is really showcasing a Burgundian style to his wines that is pushing low-intervention German wine to new heights.
