Qhimmel 2022 Domaine Ratte orange peel at the edges

orange peel at the edges and a savoury herbal close

The Chenin vines for this cuvée are located at the highest point of the hillside

and in the right hands produces something genuinely worth paying attention to: a white with body

held upright by more acidity than this latitude tends to hand out

Qhimmel 2022 Domaine Ratte orange peel at the edgesQhimmel takes its name from the local dialect for Himmel, sky or heaven, and the wine leans that way: lifted, open, unhurried. Grauburgunder off Andi Mann's organic vines at Eckelsheim in Rheinhessen, fermented on its skins with indigenous yeasts and aged twelve months in neutral oak so the fruit leads rather than the cellar. Bright orchard fruit, ripe tropical notes and a gentle herbal lift, held together by a clean line of acidity. The palate is