Description Lime zest and lime leaf dominate the nose, but this is a savoury, salty Riesling rather than a simple citrus-driven one. It stays light and nimble throughout with a long, mouthwatering finish that keeps you coming back. A lovely match for shellfish, sushi, delicate fish dishes or a good riesling moment on its own. Odinstal’s lowest vineyard, sitting down by the river valley with vines planted in the 1980s, this is a monopole site that the estate describes as their interpretation of the normal context of Pfalz. It sits in contrast to the rest of the Odinstal range, which is grown at 350 metres on rich, varied soils high above the Pfalz plain, where morning mist regularly rolls in below the estate like a sea. Andreas Schumann arrived at Odinstal with classical winemaking training but has been on quite a journey since. In 2006 a storm threatened the entire crop, and with little to lose he decided to try biodynamics. Once he saw the results there was no going back. Today Odinstal runs a fully closed-loop biodynamic programme, making all preparations on site, with a herd of cows central to the operation, grazing the land, managing growth and providing manure and horn material for the preparations. Grape: Riesling. Pfalz, Germany. Monopole vineyard. Biodynamic. 11%