2010 April Wine Club Reserve Selection
Our Reserve White comes highly recommended by Wine Associate Ivonne Nill, who visited Nikolaihoff in 2009. Father and son winemaking team of Nikolaus Sr. and Nikolaus Jr. Saahs began farming their vineyards biodynamically in 1971, long before it was cool or trendy to do so. Says Nikolaus Jr. "We are so old-fashioned that we're almost modern again." Synthetic pesticides and herbicides are prohibited, and when there are problems they resort to spraying liquids made from stinging nettles,and valerian tea: practices supported and certified by the Demeter association of Biodynamic standards.
They produce wines that are thick, dense, uncompromisingly stony in character and usually very long- lived. Hefeabzug (Hefe=yeast, Abzug=lifted from) means wine aged on the yeast lees which results in extra creaminess and complexity. Not only will you find citrus, white flowers, and lively acidity, but you may be surprised by straightforward minerality and waxiness in this truly unique wine.
