Meyer-Näkel 2022 Illusion Spätburgunder Blanc de Noir (white wine) 1975 GROSSE LAGE® Ilbesheimer Kalmit -

GROSSE LAGE® Ilbesheimer Kalmit - the southern slope of the Kleine Kalmit - is Kranz's show piece vineyard

" / Tamlyn Currin @ Jancis Robinson / 18 points

they make up the fascination and the special terroir of the Moselle region

Partly influenced by limestone and basalt of volcanic origin

but already presents an astonishing range of flavours

Meyer-Näkel 2022 Illusion Spätburgunder Blanc de Noir (white wine) 1975 GROSSE LAGE® Ilbesheimer Kalmit -"Peach skin and nuts. Dry, mouth watering bitterness which takes me to the pink red playground streaked crunch of radicchio. Super elegant. White pepper. Grapefruit. Crab apple. Little origami pleats of flavour unfold within a long sheath of aloof acidity. Pretty sophisticated." Tasted by Tamlyn Currin, wine writer for Jancis Robinson 17 20 Wine: This white wine is made of from red grapes in France this is known as Blanc de Noir yet it has a bouquet