Richard Östreicher Silvaner Augustbaum

Being just over two weeks since our Chicago Silvaner Summit, I am left with the warm feelings of a successful event that brought our dear friend Peter Leipold from Germany as well as guests coming in from 8 different states around the USA, in the name of Silvaner and for a great cause. The celebration was joyous and the study was incredibly deep. All of this makes me all the more thirsty for more. Opening a bottle of a producer …

Initially after opening, there was a fair amount of electric minerality on the palate with a nice pepper streak, Now 2.5 h after decant. Shy aromas of black pepper, unripe peaches, tart apples, green herbs, and some mild eucalyptus (?). Palate with tart apples, unripe white peaches, herbs, nice minerals, black pepper, and the green eucalyptus like flavor. Medium body with very nice to excellent acids. The texture is broader ton when it was initially opened and the acids have …