Dominik Held Huxelrebe Cuvee Weiss Orange 2022

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Dominik Held farms organically in his home village of Dolgesheim, Rheinhessen, on soils of ocean marl (20-30% pure limestone), clay and loess, working land his family has held for generations. Imported to the US by Coeur Wine Co. Cuvée Weiss is organic and built from roughly 33% Huxelrebe, 33% Müller-Thurgau, 17% Silvaner, and 17% other varieties (Scheurebe, Chardonnay, Weissburgunder). Huxelrebe and Scheurebe spend two weeks on the skins, while the other varieties are pressed directly after some foot-stomping; the wine is then aged 11 months in a mix of used barriques, inox tanks and fiberglass, with 10mg/L SO2 added before bottling. Dominik intends this cuvée as a fingerprint of the overall domaine's character.