2024 Chardonnay-Auxerrois LÖSS UND LEHM, Michael Andres

"The 2022 Chardonnay Auxerrois Löss und Lehm opens with a seriously deep, intense and elegant as well as saline-mineral nose of ripe honeydew melon and pear aromas and notes of crushed stones and citrus fruits. Elegant, pure and fresh on the palate, this is a vivacious and savory, citric, finely bitter and salivating Chardonnay in a very unique style. The wine reveals a fine and lush texture and a highly stimulating vitality on the finish. This is a fabulous Chardonnay that might be partly aged in oak, yet if so, it's just for textural reasons; and if not so, it's really well done. Very fine tannins make the surprise complete. A beautiful wine. 12.5% stated alcohol. Screw-cap closure. Tasted in November 2023." (Stephan Reinhardt in Robert Parker's Wine Advocate)