Sauvignon Blanc Pfalz Quarzit Alexander Pfluger - 1310, 2018

Pflüger planted Sauvignon Blanc in 2010, seeing a great potential for the grape given the cool climate and terroir. Alex tells me that Sauvignon under the name of Muskatsylvaner was planted in the region before the two World Wars, but then disappeared in favour of more productive varieties. It is now cultivated in several different plots around the village of Bad Dürkheim (Bad means “spa” in German, rather than anything sinister). Soils tend to be lighter quartzite and warmer and in 2018 have produced a wine with white peaches, lychees and tropical fruit aromas. It is broad in structure with more of the tropical fruit flavours and a long complex finish.