Manni Nossing Sudtirol Eisacktaler Riesling 2021
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Crisp and lean with mouthwatering minerality, Nössing’s Riesling is one of great finesse and precision.
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There’s a confectionary green citrus tone to the 2021 Riesling, complicated by sweet smoke and sage. This is soft and supple, displaying ripe pit fruits and sour melon motivated by saline-tinged acidity. It finishes with a tropical flair, yet also salty, almost savory, leaving a resonance of liquid stone.
Manni Nössing is a winemaker with idealism and stubbornness. He comes from a family that manages a farm called "Hoandlhof"; wonderfully located on a hill above the city of Bressanone. The farm originally lived from livestock farming. This is now history.
The winery was founded in 1999. In the Eisack Valley, wine cooperatives and large wineries have a long tradition, yet Manni Nössing decided to produce his own wine, relied on origin and character from the outset, on an independent style and individuality. Soon he was called a rebel.
In 2003, his first Kerner came onto the market and was awarded three glasses by the most important Italian wine guide. Success has continued since then. Today, he produces Sylvaner, Riesling, Veltliner, Müller Thurgau and an excellent Kerner on six hectares.
In Nössing's tasting room at the Hoandlhof, winegrowers, wine experts and visionaries meet regularly for exchange. From this point of view, he is no longer a rebel, but one of the driving forces in the Eisack Valley, according to the motto "This is the only way to create wine culture." A process of knowledge that was only put into practice by visionaries like Manni Nössing and promotes the previously missing individuality.
Riesling possesses a remarkable ability to reflect the character of wherever it is grown while still maintaining its identity. A regal variety of incredible purity and precision, this versatile grape can be just as enjoyable dry or sweet, young or old, still or sparkling and can age longer than nearly any other white variety. Somm Secret—Given how difficult it is to discern the level of sweetness in a Riesling from the label, here are some clues to find the dry ones. First, look for the world “trocken.” (“Halbtrocken” or “feinherb” mean off-dry.) Also a higher abv usually indicates a drier Riesling.
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