2021 Stefan Vetter Sylvaner Steinterrassen Muschelkalk, 750ml

The Muschelkalk presents as both more seductive and mysterious, yet also as more brooding than the above Sandstein. Truly a wine for the ages; you have to wonder how similar this will be in its evolution to a great Chablis from the 1980s. Sourced from 50+ year-old vines on chalky limestone, this can be thought of as the Premier Cru - previously it was bottled as the "Muschelkalk Steinterrassen." The wine shows hints of fruit on the more blue and green side of things, a dash of ripe red delicious apple juice, yet so precious, so linear. -vB