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Wine Description
The Story
The crown jewel of Robert Weil and one of the rarest, most celebrated dessert wines in global viticulture.
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Extreme Selection: Crafted exclusively from shriveled, raisin-like berries thoroughly overtaken by noble rot.Water content evaporates almost entirely, leaving intensely concentrated sugars, acids, and dry extract. Yields are minuscule; it often takes an experienced picker an entire day to gather enough berries for a single half-b...
Wine Information
Vintage report 2008 / At first glance, 2008 seemed like such a wonderfully “normal” year. Nevertheless, and despite many a cloudy day in summer, the weather during the growing season was once again noticeably warmer than the long-term average. The somewhat above-average amount of rain during summer was good for both soil and grape.
The vines were in full blossom two weeks earlier than the 30-year average, and yet the main harvest didn’t beg...
