Riesling Silberberg Vendanges Tardives
⏳ Drinking Window
2015 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared foie gras, blue cheese, roasted duck with fruit glaze
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the historic Silberberg (Silver Mountain) lieu-dit in Rorschwihr, this late-harvest Vendanges Tardives Riesling is a masterclass in tension and longevity. The Silberberg vineyard, documented since the medieval era when its wines were coveted by local royalty and monastic orders, features a complex mosaic of marly-limestone soils. Rolly Gassmann coaxes incredible depth from this terroir, allowing the grapes to achieve optimal ripeness—often touched by noble rot—before a slow, patient fermentation. The resulting wine is aged for years in the estate's labyrinthine cellars, emerging as a golden, texturally rich masterpiece where luscious residual sweetness is perfectly countered by the piercing, crystalline acidity characteristic of the Silberberg soils.
🍾 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