Mosel Fine Wines l “Sekt Highlights”

"The Balthasar Ress Estate has been producing Sekt since the mid-1990s, i.e. in the course of the Sekt revival in Germany. It recently introduced a range of Deutscher Sekt besides its more ambitious set of Rheingau Sekt. The range of Deutscher Sekt comes from the Estate’s vineyards in the Rheingau and those recently acquired on the other side of the Rhine, i.e. in Rheinhessen (and are therefore labelled as Deutscher Sekt).

Golden-hay in color, This Sekt (Lot 10/15) starts off with a rich and ripe nose akin to that of a ripe champagne with honey, almond, toffee and apricot. The wine hugely freshens up (in color and aromatics) with air, to provide brighter scents of pear puree, green apple and bergamot as the wine develops in the glass. The mousse is superbly playful, a touch of zest brings a tickle to the mid-palate and lifts up the aromatics smooth and delicately off-dry finish. This wine-styled sparkling wine is probably the ultimate picnic drink, complex yet pleasing at the same time. We would not be surprised if this would even gain from bottle aging! Now-2018."