A German Chardonnay

This is the first German Chardonnay I have tasted, well at least a dry one. I wonder if I might have tried an Eiswein from that grape from Pieroth some years ago. It s also one of the few Baden wines I have tried. I did not manage to meet the vignerons from Stigler at the Schmidt Vinothek tasting at the end of Vinexpo last month, but got to taste all the wines on show. Winklerberg is a top site in Ihringen, but like Trittenheimer Apotheke, its boundaries now includes some of the surrounding flat land. This means that in both cases it is impossible to know whether the fruit is from the better slopes of the easier flat land. Although situated in the Silvaner stronghold in the Kaiserstuhl in Baden, Ihringer is actually more famous for its Pinots Noir and Gris. Chardonnay is definitely an outsider. Oh by the way, do you see that A.P.Nr is much shortened, to a total of only 7 numerals now. As for this wine, it was straw yellow with a hint of green. Slightly sweet acid on the nose with a bitter note, it was slightly sweet and slightly fruity on the palate, with acid and wood persisting to the finish. I must say for Chardonnay, I prefer Chablis and the likes of Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet.