From the Westhofen Steingrube, the 2020 Chardonnay Réserve spent two winters on the full lees and was bottled in March of this year. The wine opens pure, fresh and still reductive on the nose before ripe, yellow fruit aromas are slowly released. Macerated for a certain time and racked straight from the press into the barrels, the wine starts off a bit reserved but shows ripe, lush and elegant fruit with fine acidity and lingering salinity intermingled with fine phenolic grip and bitters. It is definitely a wine that should be cellared for another winter in the bottle. 13% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in August 2022. The 2021 will be marketed as Steingrube VDP.Erste Lage.