I had previously blogged about Grosses Gewachs and noted that it was restricted to only wines made from Riesling and Spatburgunder (Pinot Noir). Having tasted a Pinot Blanc GG wine at last year's Wine and Dine Festival, it is time to see what is now allowed. Looking up German Wikipedia seems as good a start as anything (Googling in English being not at all useful), and it seems that Riesling is the only grape allowed in all regions except that in Ahr Riesling GG wines are not dry but exclusively noble sweet one!
Pinot Noir in both the late and early ripening versions are allowed in many areas, and its different coloured variants Pinot Blanc and Gris can be used in a number of regions too. If Lemberger is surprising fro its inclusion in GG regulations (Wurttemburg) then the greatest surprise of them all must be the inclusion of this distinctly un-German grape Chardonnay in Baden!!
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