Sauvignon Blanc – 2025

Organic Sauvignon Blanc estate wine from Osthofen in Rheinhessen

The 2025 Sauvignon Blanc from the Karl May winery is a dry, organic estate wine from Rheinhessen that is aromatic and fresh. Featuring notes of green apple, gooseberry, and elderflower. A fragrant white wine for social occasions.

Sauvignon Blanc 2025 is a dry organic estate wine from the Karl May winery in Osthofen, Rheinhessen. It has the scent of green apple, gooseberry, and fragrant elderflower, and tastes delicately spicy and lively. An aromatic white wine that shows that great Sauvignon Blanc also grows in the Wonnegau region.

Gooseberry, cassis, fragrant elderflower

On the nose, green apple and gooseberry, accompanied by typical cassis and elderflower aromas.

On the palate, the wine is dry, delicately spicy, and fresh, with a medium body and good acidity balance. With 12.5 percent alcohol and 3.8 grams of residual sugar, the 2025 vintage appears a touch rounder and juicier without losing its tension. A white wine that welcomes you with clear fruit and remains stimulating until the very last sip. You can feel the sun of the vintage in the ripe fruit without losing its typical freshness.

Pairs with fish, seafood, and lemon chicken

Served well-chilled at 8 to 10 degrees in a good white wine glass, the Sauvignon Blanc truly shows off its fragrance.

Asian cuisine is its specialty, as are fish, seafood, or light poultry like lemon chicken. It is also a pleasure with fresh goat cheese and crisp salad because its freshness supports the flavors. As an aperitif before a meal, its fragrant character immediately stimulates the appetite—a sociable wine for warm evenings. With a quiche or roasted asparagus, it plays its freshness against the creaminess of the dish. Those wishing to compare it with the more mature predecessor should reach for the Sauvignon Blanc 2024 from the same cellar.

Hand-harvested and stainless steel at Fritz and Peter May

The vines for this white wine grow in various sites on sandy loess-loam soil and are farmed organically.

To ensure the grapes become ripe and aromatic, Fritz and Peter May prune early, remove leaves in the grape zone for more sun, and reduce yields with a green harvest. With Sauvignon Blanc, the timing of the harvest is crucial, as it determines whether the wine becomes grassy or delicately fruity. The grapes are harvested selectively by hand, often in several passes.

In the cellar, the grapes are gently pressed, the must is fermented spontaneously, remains on the lees for a long time, and matures in stainless steel tanks, which preserves the fresh fruit. No wood is intentionally used so that the fragrant aromatics of the grape variety remain clear and unadulterated.

The result is a wine that retains its tension despite the ripe fruit of the warm vintage. You get a lot of aroma for an everyday price—an organic white wine that makes you crave the next glass. Since 1815, the May family has run the winery in the seventh generation, managing around 35 hectares between Bechtheim, Westhofen, and Osthofen. You can find more in the assortment from the Karl May winery and among our German white wines.

Sauvignon Blanc – a wine and its values

• Origin: Wine from Germany
• Growing region: Rheinhessen
• Winery: Karl May - Fritz and Peter
• Vintage: 2025
• Grape variety: Sauvignon Blanc
• Screw cap
• 12.5% vol. alcohol
• 6.6 g/l acidity
• 3.8 g/l residual sugar

Organic inspection body DE-ÖKO-039 – German Agriculture