DostertChardonnay “Frost24” NV (750ml)
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2024 marked my first experience with late frost, on the 22nd and 23rd of April. I was firmly convinced that there would be damage, as various weather models had predicted freezing nights. In the end, the cold morning hours claimed 40% of the future grape harvest – less than expected. This wine is the result of a second generation of 100% Chardonnay grapes from three different parcels.
Awash with green tones, from crushed mint to green apple skins, tons of citrus, this is a lean and taut Chardonnay. It is profoundly clean on the palate, both searing and seductive, compact and faceted like all of Dostert’s wines. The élevage is again brilliantly done, providing just a bit more expansive, softness to a wine that would otherwise be almost too ruthless. This is so primal and elegant and fine, so raw and cooling and of the earth.
| Unit Type | 750ml |
|---|---|
| Alcohol | 12% |
| Wine Class | Still White |
| Address | Upper Mosel |
| Estimated Price | $50 |
| Mosel Fine Wines | The Frost24, as it is referred to on the central part of the label, with L-Nr. 4-26 was made from the second generation of fruit harvested in 2024 from Chardonnay vines planted in 2015 and affected by frost in April 2024. It was directly pressed before the wine was fermented and aged in mostly used oak barrels (only 15% of new oak) along natural lines, i.e. without any intervention and was bottled unfiltered and with little SO2 added (30 mg/l). It offers a rich and aromatic nose of marzipan, almond cream, candied citrus, bergamot, acacia, nutmeg, toast, and cinnamon, all wrapped in a whiff of volatile acidity. The wine proves also rich and quite smooth on the juicy palate. It leaves an herbal and aromatic long finish, which is quite impressive in density and presence. This is made for lovers of more natural Chardonnay. | No. 81 July 2026 |