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Why does the label not specify Weissburgunder? I imagine it would be on the back label, but difficult to tell from the front.
Yes, it’s on the back. No clue why they choose to do it this way…
It sounds like you enjoyed this as much as I did. Even though I think I’ll prefer it with a few years of age, I’ve got another bottle on deck for the near future. It’s just so delicious now.
The labelling is strange. The '12 doesn’t even say “GG” on the label. It has the little logo, and the cork is branded with “GG”. I don’t care how they package it, though; it’s one heck of a wine. I’ve tried some of the other Pinot Blancs that were suggested to me a while back when I asked for outstanding examples, but I haven’t found a single example of a dry Pinot Blanc that I think compares to this one in quality. I’ve had a few vintages of this now, and every one has been stellar.
I wondered if for some legal reason they couldn’t use the GG term. Like maybe it was only applied to Riesling. I’m so out of the loop with wine laws now…
As for the quality…I’ve NEVER had any Pinot Blanc like this. To me it’s the sort of wine that’s always going to be special if they keep treating it in this manner. Please put a special order in for the next vintage when the time’s right. I’m really excited to get a vertical started on this wine.
So just an FYI, but Riesling GG bottlings from Wittmann, Keller and Donnhoff in my cellar do not say GG or spell it out anywhere on the front or back labels. It’s not like the Meßmer is special/different in that regard.
2012 was marvellous in the Pfalz.
There are quite a few really good Pinot Blancs from the Southern Pfalz and Baden: for example from Huber, Bercher, Freiherr von Gleichenstein, Reinhold & Cornelia Schneider (my favorite), Ziereisen, Martin Wassmer, Rebholz (Im Sonnenschein GG, maybe the best Pinot Blanc from Germany), Dr. Wehrheim, Siener.
Thanks for the interesting note! I’m a huge fan of Weissburgunders!
Four decades ago, when my old friend Bert Simon started to grow Weissburgunder grapes in Serrig-Saar, he was a pioneer here in the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer region. His Weissburgunders were matchless in quality and price, but at that time, he was laughed at by many of his colleagues. Meanwhile, many winemakers produce excellent and outstanding Weissburgunders here and in the other traditional Riesling wine growing regions in Germany.
Your note says you tasted a 2012, but the picture is a 2007–which did you taste.
I guess I wasn’t thinking about that. I mentioned it because previous vintages of this wine did say “GG”. Every Riesling GG I’ve seen has had the embossed logo in the glass, which this also doesn’t have.
2012…cellartracker only shows the labels that have been loaded in. I haven’t taken a photo of the 2012’s yet
any of these imported besides Rebholz, Huber and Ziereisen?