Chardonnay Knewitz 2023 (750ML)

Brothers Tobias and Björn Knewitz run this family estate in northern Rheinhessen, and their Chardonnay draws on three organically farmed limestone sites around Appenheim: Goldberg, Honigberg and Eselspfad. Loess and clay topsoils sit over tertiary limestone bedrock. In 2023 a favorable late summer let the team hand-harvest between September 14 and 24. Fermentation ran on native yeasts, and the wine spent 12 months in barriques, 30% new and 70% used, then another six months on fine lees before bottling in April 2025. It is fully dry at 0.7 g/l residual sugar, with 6.9 g/l acidity and 13.0% alcohol. Green walnut lends the fruit a faintly saline, bitter-nut cast; the palate is silky and fluid, the oak well absorbed, and a chalky base carries it to a lasting close. Pan-roasted turbot, roast chicken with morels or veal schnitzel make good partners.