I had (purposefully created) the occasion to taste the dry 2011 Räuschling from the Zeller Abtsberg cooperative, grown by vintner Klaus Königer, side-by-side to a dry 2011 Silvaner "Gäseritsch" from the Alsenz valley wine estate "Hahnmühle". The Räuschling won very clearly. Both wines are robust and have strong, vivacious acidity a bit on the rustic side (Räuschling is known for that trait), but the Räuschling had more hints of nascent elegance in the nose (sweet cream, a wee bit toffee).
Now if you take in account that the 2013 Gault-Millau wine guide just attributed 86 points to this Hahnmühle Silvaner (a couple too many in my view), you can calibrate your expectations for the Räuschling. Incidentally, it seems I bought the last bottle of that year, mail-ordered online directly from the cooperative (of only about 200 filled, they are from just 120 old stocks of average 140 years age). :-P
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I had (purposefully created)
I had (purposefully created) the occasion to taste the dry 2011 Räuschling from the Zeller Abtsberg cooperative, grown by vintner Klaus Königer, side-by-side to a dry 2011 Silvaner "Gäseritsch" from the Alsenz valley wine estate "Hahnmühle". The Räuschling won very clearly. Both wines are robust and have strong, vivacious acidity a bit on the rustic side (Räuschling is known for that trait), but the Räuschling had more hints of nascent elegance in the nose (sweet cream, a wee bit toffee).
Now if you take in account that the 2013 Gault-Millau wine guide just attributed 86 points to this Hahnmühle Silvaner (a couple too many in my view), you can calibrate your expectations for the Räuschling. Incidentally, it seems I bought the last bottle of that year, mail-ordered online directly from the cooperative (of only about 200 filled, they are from just 120 old stocks of average 140 years age). :-P
Newspaper article and 2 (click!) images of vine and grape:
http://www.badische-zeitung.de/offenburg/zeller-winzer-packen-eine-ural…