Weingut Dr. Burklin-Wolf with Christian Von Guradze, ProprietorThese wines have nothing in common with what many U.S. folks "consider" German Rieslings to be, other than the fact that they are Rieslings produced in Germany. Although they are aimed at the Burgundy market, I would surely pick them out as wines of Alsace, France, if blindfolded. They are bone dry. They are floral, mineral, and complex with a crisp steely acidity.
Founded in Wachenheim in 1597 by Bernhard Burklin, Dr. Burklin-Wolf is the largest family-owned wine estate in Germany. Holdings total 110 hectares (275 acres) in the Mittelhardt, in Upper Pfalz. It has been working by environmentally-friendly guidelines for over 20 years, not using herbicides...
