2022 Weingut Saalwachter Silvaner Grauer Stein, Rheinhessen, Germany Companya Viticola Sileo The wine was not fined

The wine was not fined or filtered and contains only naturally occurring sulfites

80% Carignano

French oak and has a subsequent maturing period of 18 months in order to

Added S02: 20 mg/L

ALl old vines which were dried out on straw mats for 5 months before being rasied in wood for 6 years

2022 Weingut Saalwachter Silvaner Grauer Stein, Rheinhessen, Germany Companya Viticola Sileo The wine was not finedThis is Carstens top Silvaner bottling from the oldest Silvaner vines at the estate, around 70 years old. Only tiny quantities are made; it is released after two years in barrel and then additional bottle aging. For all the grandiosity and fullness (albeit a disciplined fullness), the Silvaner Grauer Stein is broad shouldered, yet taut and lean feeling. There is so much salty density here while the wine is at once buoyant (upward looking) and incisive