Hild

$18.00750ml

The litmus test for a vibrant, lip-smacking white is how quickly the bottle empties. If it's a vibrant Elbling, it goes really fast.

Match with briny seafood, country ham,

green curries, aloo chaat

and other salty treats.

Eyes:

Pale Yellow

Nose:

Medium-High Intensity, developing, citrus fruits, floral, salty

Mouth:

Light-Medium Bodied, dry, high acidity, moderate-high intensity, medium finish, crushed stones, lemon, peach

When wine people talk about the Mosel, it's all about Riesling, slope and types of slate. When they talk about the Upper Mosel, it's usually very quiet. Not much to say, right? However, up through the 1800's, Elbling was a go-to Mosel grape and the Upper Mosel was its epicenter. Under-appreciated and overlooked, in the hands of Matthias Hild, chief drum-beater of the grape for decades, Elbling is a racy, electric joy.