Elbling Trocken 2020 Hild Shop Online

One of Europe’s oldest grapes, Elbling, gives this wine a ton of energy. Medium-bodied with juicy lemon, stone fruit, and herb notes. Playful yet still enough depth to enjoy with a distinct dish.

Tasting Notes: Zippy and bright with acidity that creates a playful atmosphere on the palate.

Pairing Suggestions: Seafood, Sandwiches, Pasta

Upper Mosel, Germany

Type: White | Vintage: 2020 | Sulfur: Minimal | Varietal: Elbling | Alcohol: | Production: Organic | Style: Nerdy

Producer Profile

The Upper Mosel has nothing to do with Riesling and nothing to do with slate. Instead, we find limestone. The Upper Mosel in fact represents the beginning (or the end?) of the Paris Basin, the geological reality that informs places like Chablis and Sancerre. Instead of Riesling, in the Upper Mosel we find a winemaking culture based on one of Europe’s oldest grapes: Elbling. It’s important to understand that Elbling here feels like something of a religion. It’s a culture, a regional dialect that is spoken through this wine of rigorous purity, of joyous simplicity, of toothsome acidity. The joy of Elbling is the uncompromising vigor and energy, the raucous and super-chalky acidity. Matthias Hild, who farms about six hectares in the sleepy town of Wincheringen, told me that back in the 1980s, when he’d have an Elbling clock in at less than 8.5 grams acid, he’d taste it and question if it was Elbling at all. Which is sort of like saying you’re not sure the music is loud enough because your ears aren’t bleeding. Matthias Hild also farms one-fifteenth of a hectare of terraced vineyards of old-vine Elbling, the oldest of which are in their 70s. The wine these old vines produce is called “Zehnkommanull” (which translates to “10.0”), because these seniors, even in the ripest of vintages, just don’t produce sugar, thus the bone-dry fermented wine is never higher than 10% ABV. – Vom Boden