First a quick note about the grape variety, Scheurebe. It was created in 1917 by Dr Gerog Scheu and is a genetic cross of Riesling and an unknown and possibly wild grape. It is a relatively rare variety with worldwide plantings only around 5,000 acres. It is often characterized by notes of black currants, grapefruit and/or elderflower, and can produce both dry and sweet wines.

This version from Pfeffingen, a specialist of Scheurebe, is packed with pink-blushed white and green tones recalling white grapefruit, drying, fresh-cut green hay, mint stems, spicy Thai basil, green tea, jasmine and peach blossoms. It is so elegantly proportioned, all I managed to write about the balance of texture and flavor was a single word, “perfect.”