Raumland Blanc de Blancs Réserve – an Extra Brut from the 2015 Sparkling Wine Vintage
The Raumland sparkling wine Blanc de Blancs Réserve Extra Brut 2015 is a refined sparkling wine made from Pinot Blanc grapes, predominantly from parcels in Dalsheim Bürgel.
The Raumland Réserve sparkling wines are characterized by their long lees aging of at least 90 months – that's 7 years – and are shaped by it. During this period of yeast autolysis, unmistakable aromas of brioche, hazelnut butter, and toasted almonds develop. The Raumland Blanc de Blancs Réserve Brut sparkling wine convinces with its particularly fine perlage and a profound body with a long finish.
The current 2015 vintage spent 90 months on the lees. The Raumland Blanc de Blanc Réserve Brut sparkling wine is a very complex sparkling wine, full-bodied and powerful with good structure, taut acidity, and great length. The Reserve sparkling wine smells of quince and nectarine and sweet-tart grapefruit, complemented by nutty notes. An elegant sparkling wine, currently our favorite.
With its complexity and fine creaminess, the Raumland Blanc de Blancs Réserve Brut is a good food companion for Mediterranean fish and crustaceans and white meat.
Blanc de Blancs Réserve – a sparkling wine and its characteristics
- Grape varieties 100% Pinot Blanc
- 12.0 % Vol. Alcohol
- 7.1 g/l Acidity
- 3.5g/l Dosage
- Disgorged Feb 2024
Awarded – well-rated
- 93 Points Gault Millau (2013 Vintage)
- 90 Points Eichelmann (2013 Vintage)
- 92 Points Robert Parker (2013 Vintage)
- 1st Place Blanc de Blanc Falstaff Sparkling Special (2013 Vintage)
Sekthaus Raumland – Sparkling wine on par with Champagne
Sekthaus Raumland from Flörsheim Dalsheim in Rheinhessen produces German sparkling wine of exceptional quality that does not shy away from international comparison.
Volker and Marie Luise Raumland produce sparkling wine using traditional bottle fermentation, exclusively from their own hand-picked grapes from organically farmed vineyards. The Burgundy grapes for this Réserve sparkling wine grow on almost 30-year-old vines in Rheinhessen on calcareous shell limestone soils.
The outstanding 2015 vintage allowed the intensity and spice of the grapes to fully develop. Gentle whole bunch pressing, the aging of the base wines partly in stainless steel (81%), partly in barriques (19%), malolactic fermentation, secondary fermentation in the bottle, and long lees aging are prerequisites for this quality, a complex aroma spectrum, and the special fine perlage of their sparkling wines.
"Good taste is not objective – it is not measurable. It has taken many years of patience and countless attempts to get closer to the big goal step by step: to achieve the optimum from the variety of our grape varieties, traditional methods, and currently available possibilities. That is our vision, which challenges us anew every day," says Germany's best sparkling winemaker Volker Raumland.