Raimund Prum Essence Riesling

Pale gold. Aromatic, with scents of apricot, green apple, and white peach. Fresh fruit flavours perfectly balanced by a racy acidity and a lot of mineral character. Grapes are hand harvested in mid-October and undergo a gentle crush. The juice is fermented with cultured yeasts for several weeks in stainless steel tanks. After certain time of ageing in tank it will be bottled under Stelvin closure to preserve its fresh, youthful, and yummy character.<br> <br> Raimund Prüm alias “the Red Prüm”, inherited the vineyards in 1971. Since this time, he has modernised the winery and developed the vineyards, consistently producing wines with an international following. The vineyards are in some of the best vineyard sites of the middle Moselle. oldest vines were planted by our forefathers in 1905. These vines were never faced to the wide-spread damage caused by Phylloxera in the late 1800s and remain planted on their own roots unlike so many vineyards worldwide that had to be grafted. Not surprisingly, these vines produce fruit of unique concentration and quality. Beside their "senior citizens", the team have been developing vineyards during land consolidation in Wehlen and Bernkastel. Prum is focused on maintaining the balance between old and young vines to produce the best possible expression of site in their wines.