Rolly Gassmann Riesling 'Silberberg de Rorschwihr'

The Gassmann family has been making wine in the village of Rorschwihr since 1661. The current domaine name dates to the 1967 marriage of Marie-Therese Rolly and Louis Gassmann. Today the estate is largely managed by their son Pierre Gassmann. With 126 acres under vine and vast cellars extending six stories deep under their hillside and capable of holding a million bottles of wine, Domaine Rolly-Gassman makes some of the most compelling wines in Alsace. In 1997 they added a biodynamic philosophy to their traditional ongoing approach of minimal interference with the vines.

This library release that has been stored in the winery's underground caves is a very special bottle of wine. Despite not being Grand Cru, it certainly drinks like it is.  Quite full-bodied, rich, layered, and heady, this offers up stunning notes of caramelized grapefruit and pineapple, candied ginger, complex mineral, and more, words don't do this one justice.