Widder Chardonnay Réserve - Weingut Hörner

Widder Chardonnay Réserve - Weingut HörnerThe Widder Chardonnay Réserve from Weingut Hörner in the Palatinate reveals a bright, golden yellow color in the glass. Poured into a Burgundy goblet, this white wine from the Old World presents wonderfully complex aromas of honeydew melon, lemon and green banana, rounded off with vanilla, hazelnut and minerality from the barrel ageing. This white wine from Weingut Hörner is ideal for people who prefer to drink bone dry. The Widder Chardonnay Réserve comes very close to this, as it was vinified with just 1.3 grams of residual sugar. The texture of this balanced white wine is wonderfully creamy and dense on the palate. The Aries Chardonnay Réserve is wonderfully fresh and lively on the palate, thanks to its concise fruit acidity. The finish of this very mature white wine from the Palatinate wine-growing region, Hochstadt to be precise, impresses with its exceptional persistence. The finish is also accompanied by mineral notes from the loess and clay-dominated soils. Vinification of the Hörner Widder Chardonnay Réserve winery The basis for the balanced Widder Chardonnay Réserve from the Palatinate is grapes from the Chardonnay grape variety. The grapes grow under optimal conditions in the Palatinate. Here, the vines dig their roots deep into loam and loess soils. The grapes for this white wine from Germany are harvested exclusively by hand when they are perfectly ripe. After the grape harvest, the grapes are transported to the press house as quickly as possible. Here they are selected and carefully crushed. This is followed by fermentation in small wooden vats at controlled temperatures. After fermentation, the vegan Widder Chardonnay Réserve is matured for several months in French oak barrels. Recommendation for the Widder Chardonnay Réserve from Weingut Hörner This vegan white wine from Germany should ideally be served moderately chilled at 11 - 13°C as an accompaniment to pumpkin casserole, vegetable stew with pesto or leek tortilla .