A white wine with red-grape weight
Pale straw. Red apple, white peach and a hint of redcurrant. More body than most Moselle whites, with fresh acidity and a clean, dry finish.
- red apple
- white peach
- redcurrant
- lemon peel
- Body
- medium
- Acidity
- fresh
- Grip
- smooth
- Fruit
- orchard fruit
100% Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir is a red grape, but its juice is clear. All the colour sits in the skins.
Press the grapes gently and straight away, and you get a white wine with some of Pinot Noir's weight and red-fruit hints. That is what blanc de noir means: white from black.
Red grapes, pressed straight away
- Picked by handPinot Noir from Paul's Moselle vines
- Pressed straight awayThe juice leaves the skins before it can take on colour
- Fermented as a whiteLike any other white wine
- BottledMade to drink fresh
Paul Zahlen
Paul's grandparents grew grapes in Greiveldange and sold them to the big Moselle cooperative. Paul bought his own first vines in 2020, Rivaner and Gewürztraminer around Schengen and Remerschen, and added a block of Auxerrois soon after. By day he still works at the Institut Viti-Vinicole in Remich, the state wine institute, on vineyard trials.
His friend Jeff Konsbrück of JK Winery in Ahn lends him tanks and advice in the cellar, and his retired father helps in the vines. Crémant makes up about half of what he bottles. The rest is a mix of classic Moselle whites and side projects like a pét-nat and an orange wine, which you rarely see from a young Luxembourg estate.
How to serve and pair it
Some pairing ideas
- Judd mat GaardebounenThe Luxembourg classic, with a local wine
- Salmon with beurre blancEnough body for the butter
- Blanquette de veauSoft and creamy, with fresh acidity to cut it
- Fresh goat's cheeseFresh cheese, fresh wine
If you like this one, try...
Champagne made only from Meunier, another red grape pressed into a white wine.
A Riesling from a young natural grower in Rheinhessen.
Paul's fizzy Pinot Gris, bottled before it finished fermenting.
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Producer: Pauls Winery, Paul Zahlen, 2A Rue de Rolling, L-5421 Erpeldange, Luxembourg