Riesling Silberberg Rorschwihr Selection de Grains Nobles
⏳ Drinking Window
2026 - 2055
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, Foie gras, Fruit-based tarts
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the historic Silberberg lieu-dit in Rorschwihr, this Sélection de Grains Nobles is a monument to Alsatian patience and terroir. The Silberberg vineyard is renowned for its complex marly-limestone soils, which impart a profound mineral tension and vibrant acidity to the grapes. To produce a Sélection de Grains Nobles, the estate relies on successive manual passages through the vineyard to harvest only individual berries heavily affected by noble rot (Botrytis cinerea). Rolly Gassmann's signature approach of extended cellar aging before release allows this incredibly concentrated sweet wine to develop extraordinary aromatic complexity, balancing opulent notes of candied citrus, honey, and exotic spices with the signature petrol and mineral undertones of aged Riesling.
🍾 About the Producer
Domaine Rolly Gassmann emerged in 1967 through the marriage of Marie-Thérèse Rolly and Louis Gassmann, unifying two families with winemaking lineages in Alsace dating to 1676 and 1611 respectively. Situated in Rorschwihr along the complex Ribeauvillé fault line, the estate commands over 50 hectares characterized by a mosaic of 21 distinct limestone-dominant subsoil profiles. Opting out of the Alsace Grand Cru hierarchy in favor of expressing traditional historic lieux-dits, current winemaker Pierre Gassmann operates strictly within biodynamic rhythms. The viticultural approach champions late physiological and phenological harvesting, intentionally courting noble rot across micro-parcels. In the cellar, natural fermentations proceed unhurried for four to six months. Celebrated for an obsessive dedication to bottle maturation, Rolly Gassmann stores millions of bottles in a state-of-the-art multi-level cellar before commercial release. The benchmark portfolio spans opulent, long-lived expressions from lieux-dits such as Silberberg, Kappelweg, and Pflaenzerreben, alongside lusciously concentrated Vendanges Tardives and Sélection de Grains Nobles.
🍇 Grapes
Riesling