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Messmer

Gregor Messmer’s long-outstanding wines seem to have gained further refinement in recent vintages, which he thinks owes something to his decision in 2011 to convert to a biodynamic regimen. Like so many Pfalz and Rheinhessen vintners who got their start and inspiration working under iconic former Müller-Catoir cellarmaster Hans-Günther Schwarz, Messmer treasures clarity and precision of flavor, which he has managed to enhance of late. Like many other Pfalz estates, Messmer bottles a series of wines that, although site-specific, are labeled only for geological periods or rock types, and these then serve as his middle tier between generics and Grosse Gewächse. The Riesling harvest here in 2014, as for other top southern Pfalz growers, took place during the first half of October and under considerably less urgent and problematic conditions than were experienced this year in most of Germany. (As he often does, Messmer bottled a sweet Gewürztraminer from this vintage, but somehow I missed out on tasting it.)

From 2014 Germany: Riesling Resists Rain on the Rhine (May 2016) by David Schildknecht

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2010 Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) Rosé Brut

Color: Sparkling Rosé

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