Name:   Guntrum Silvaner Eiswein 
Estate: 
Today’s Estate building home is one of Rheinhessen’s largest vaulted brick cellars. 11 hectares of mainly Grand Cru vineyards in one of the most traditional wine growing regions of Germany. The choice of vineyards has been developed carefully by succeeding generations, adapting attentively to climatic changes and market trends, while taking into consideration the different characters of wines, that originate from the different types of soil.

 

 
 
Region:  Rheinhessen / Germany 
Grape:  Silvaner 
Taste: 

 

Grapes gathered at -10°C, freezing the juice inside the berries to solid ice and squeezing the skins rapidly before the ice melts, sacrificing 90% of the normal harvest quantity.
 
Quality:  Prädikatswein Eiswein 
Terroir: 
Loam and clay. Vineyards on top of the hills. Heavy soil with excellent absorptive capacity for rain water.
 
Viticulture: 
Grapes gathered at  –10°C, freezing the juice inside the berries to solid ice and squeezing the skins rapidly before the ice melts, sacrificing 90% of the normal harvest quantity.
 
Analysis:  8.00 % Alcohol - 149.00 g/l Sugar, 6.9 g/l Acidity 
Recommendation: 
Aperitif, Foie gras, blue cheese, Creme Brulée, as dessert.
 
Temperature:  8˚ - 10˚ C