A. Christmann
In the 19th Century, cousins Johann Martin and Professor Dr Louis Häusser met at Weingut Buhl in Deidesheim to discuss politics and other matters of interest. Perhaps due to the immediate environment and the local wines, they decided to purchase a vineyard themselves. This laid the cornerstone for today’s Christmann estate, which acquired its current name when the founder’s granddaughter Henriette Häusser married Eduard Christmann and gave birth to a son named Arnold, after whom the estate was ultimately christened.
Passion and creativity have been with them from the start, all the while under directorship of the Christmann family. Now in the seventh generation, the name still stands for top wines that take a back seat to none. Wines that exude a sense of charisma and inspire excitement; noble varieties planted in top sites, cultivated in a near-to-nature fashion, these are the hallmarks of the A. Christmann estate. For generations the family has maintained their passion and energy for producing pure and outstanding wines. They have never confused satisfaction with contentment, constantly striving for greater expressiveness.
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Light gold in color. Aromatic with bright fresh lemon and lemon blossom, tart yellow apples in the nose. Focused with medium body and tart apple on the palate.
Firm on the palate, concentrated, creamy, deep and again quite tranquil, bone dry, elegant and juicy fruit, tart vegetal and herbaceous traces, very elegant acidity, concentrated and persistent, light nutty traces, compact and complex, quite salty, and gripping in spite of its tranquil notes, noble style, firm contours on a very good, long finish.
Pure, fresh, earthy and spicy/toasty bouquet of dark cherries and black berries. Silky, lush and saline on the palate, this is a pure, very elegant and charmingly fruit, fine tannins, good salinity and intensity.
Strawberry, spice, chocolate-hazelnut, medium-bodied, lots of energy, raspberry strawberry with a gentle earthy character, open-weave chamois-like tannin, blood orange, nice and fresh, minerally too, with a gentle perfume on the long saline/ savory finish.
Harmonious blend of fruit and minerality, maintaining equilibrium from start to finish. The nose reveals a bouquet of florals and spices, with hints of straw, meadow herbs, and white flowers. On the palate, flavors of Amalfi lemons, mint, and blood orange intermingle, guided by precise acidity and underpinned by a saline limestone minerality.
Spicy palate with piercing acidity, a slightly bitter background, and notes of limes, green and yellow apples, and apple blossom. It also has a stony minerality and a good length.