Knipser Winery – Chardonnay from Barrique
The Knipser Chardonnay*** 2019 is a dry, powerful Burgundy from the Knipser winery in Laumersheim in the Palatinate. Intense and complex with clear wood notes, it brings a good acid structure that can easily cope with its 13.5% vol. alcohol.
On the nose, the Knipser Chardonnay shows complex, fruity notes of red apples and yellow pear, juicy mirabelle plum and ripe banana are added, as well as light bitter notes of citrus zest, interspersed with nutty hints and flint aromas, and well-integrated wood. The wine shows power and richness and, despite the ripe grapes, a lively acidity, which makes it a great food companion. It likes rich sauces, tastes good with pasta with cream sauces and mushrooms and smoked bacon, but also with the sweetness of seafood. For a wine of this caliber, it appears very fresh and balanced with good drinkability.
Winemaking – Knipser
The vines for this Chardonnay stand in the best sites of the Knipser winery, characterized by shell limestone, including in the Grand Cru site Burgweg "Im Großen Garten".
The late, selective hand harvest of perfectly healthy grapes in autumn usually takes place in several passes to harvest optimally ripe grapes. In the winery, all grapes are destemmed, i.e. freed from their stems. The resulting mash is gently pressed in a tank press. Fermentation takes place spontaneously in new barriques from Burgundy, in which the long aging on the fine lees also takes place until bottling in late summer 2018. The Knipser Chardonnay is a great Burgundy from the barrique that one would not immediately locate in the Palatinate. Excellent.
Chardonnay*** – a wine and its values
- 100% Chardonnay
- 13.5% vol alcohol
- 7.0 g/l acidity
- 0.6 g/l residual sugar