2020 „Steil“ Pinot Noir trocken Solveigs Rheingau 0,75l

From the steep, historic Pinot Noir slopes around Assmannshausen, Solveigs’ 2020 “Steil” is a distinctive Rheingau Spätburgunder made from 100% Pinot Noir. Its name reflects vineyards with slopes reaching up to 70 degrees, where red phyllite slate, traditional Burgundy-type clones and painstaking vineyard work shape a wine of precise fruit and mineral depth.

Tasting Notes
The nose opens with raspberry, redcurrant and ripe cherry, joined by darker berries, herbs, black tea and a hint of milk chocolate. Subtle smoky and earthy notes evoke the slate slopes, while a little air brings greater spice and cool precision to the bouquet. Soft on entry, the wine builds into concentrated, juicy fruit framed by fine, closely woven tannins and lively, well-integrated acidity. Its finish is long, with red berries, herbal spice and a tactile mineral character. Its structure and careful maturation give it potential to develop further in bottle.

Production
The grapes come from selected Assmannshausen parcels on steep, rocky red-phyllite slate slopes, where vines aged around 15 to 48 years grow in lean soils. Solveigs farms its vineyards organically, and the demanding terrain makes vineyard work especially careful and difficult to mechanise. The 100% Pinot Noir, from traditional Burgundy-type Assmannshausen clones, is fermented with native yeasts and made with minimal intervention. After dry fermentation and malolactic conversion, the wine spends 24 months in barriques, then is bottled unfiltered and given additional time in bottle before release.

Food & Serving
Serve at 16–18°C and allow some time in a decanter or opened glass for the aromas to unfold. It pairs particularly well with pink-roasted duck breast and cherry sauce, venison with chanterelles, veal with morel cream, or roasted king oyster mushrooms with black garlic and polenta.

Producer
Solveigs is the winery of Jens Heinemeyer, a Pinot Noir specialist whose approach centres on expressing vineyard, vine and vintage rather than imposing a heavily controlled cellar style. The estate farms organically and works with the challenging steep vineyards around Assmannshausen, a historic Rheingau stronghold for Spätburgunder. Its patient, restrained methods—including extended barrique ageing—are intended to preserve the grape’s character and build texture and harmony.

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