From the Westhofen Kirchspiel and vinified in Burgundian pièces (30% new oak) until March this year, the 2021 Chardonnay Réserve opens with an intense and dense, very elegant bouquet with a richer nature than the corresponding Weisser Burgunder Réserve from the Steingrube, as well as with some spicy, oak-driven notes. On the palate, this is a full-bodied, intense and elegant, very dense, intense and powerful Chardonnay with concentrated fruit and fine tannins as well as savory salinity on the finish. Still very young, this wine should be aged on the bottle for at least one or two years. 13% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in July 2023.

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.