Zellerweg am Schwarzen, Herrgott, Grosses Gewächs, 2024

Bright and light and radiant with tons of juice and a composed, nuanced and detailed feel. A step up on 2023 even, our favourite vintage for this cuvée until now. The 2024 is more delicate in style with lacy fruit and fine acidity, gentle and cool and yet it offers refined drinkability already. This is one of the oldest known vineyard sites in Germany, first recognised in the 8th Century. The vineyard is technically split into two sections – the Zellerweg am Schwarzen Herrgott which sits administratively in the Rheinhessen, whilst the part below the road is dubbed just Am Schwarzen Herrgott under jurisdiction of the Pfalz. Both have dark limestone soils and are heavily influenced by the Donnersberg mountains to the west, from where cool winds flow.