Johannishof Rheingau Riesling Charta 2021 NO20230712 mineral driven finish

mineral driven finish

developing a crystalline profile of white-fleshed fruit

This is a very clean natural wine that is beautiful and delicate while showing a surprising amount if structure

crisp finish with lingering notes of citrus and saline

Johannishof Rheingau Riesling Charta 2021 NO20230712 mineral driven finishIn the mid 1980s, a group of Rheingau growers got tired of the world thinking German Riesling meant sugar water, so they founded the Charta association and pledged to bottle Riesling in a taut off dry style, savory and food ready. Johannishof, run by the Eser family in Johannisberg for generations, has been in that camp from the start. The grapes come off quartzite and loess soils that keep the wine tight and structured rather than plush, and the