Odinstal Riesling Basalt 2017

White
Pfalz, Germany
7.5
WineSaint

Explosive minerality drives this Pfalz bottling, with waxy stone textures and gunflint precision. White peach and pear emerge behind the smoke, while that distinctive basalt backbone runs through the persistent finish. Tightly wound with excellent aging potential.

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Odinstal

Odinstal is a small Pfalz estate working a singular volcanic site above the Mittelhaardt, producing site-expressive Riesling and Burgundian varieties across a range from entry-level to Grosses Gewächs.