Fritz Waßmer, Schlossberg Staufen Chardonnay, Baden, Germany 2018

97
Best in Show

Best in Show
Decanter World Wine Awards

Country: Germany
Region: Baden
Grape(s): Chardonnay 100%
Producer: Fritz Waßmer
Alc: 13.15%
Distributor in China: https://www.weingutfritzwassmer.de/en/wein/schlossberg-staufen-chardonnay/

Fritz Waßmer, Schlossberg Staufen Chardonnay, Baden, Germany 2018 Fritz Waßmer, Schlossberg Staufen Chardonnay, Baden, Germany 2018

Is it possible that Germany’s future might begin to look (as the world’s climate-change challenge grows) a little more burgundian? We have to ask the question this year, as the two German wines making it into our top 50 Best In Show selection are not classic Rieslings, but a Chardonnay from Baden and a Pinot from the Ahr. Look out for cream and lime on the nose and a fresh, pithy style on the palate of this close-textured, long-flavoured wine. There is remarkable restraint and refinement in this fine-dining white, and it’s a wine which anyone running a blind-tasting competition might want to reserve for a fiendishly difficult tie-breaking finale.

Back to 2021 DWWA Best in Shows: Top 50 wines to try

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