Weingut Pfluger 'vom Quarzit' Chardonnay Trocken, Pfalz, Germany 2023 Bodegas Toro Albalá and spends two years aging

and spends two years aging in a combination of concrete tanks and previously used wooden casks—mainly 25-hectoliter Slavonian oak

It is an elegant brew that celebrates the flavor of Gohyakumangoku brewing rice that is now milled to 55%

its soils consist of decomposed red schist

plum and earthy flower or iris root

and touches of fresh cut hay and playful minerality

Weingut Pfluger 'vom Quarzit' Chardonnay Trocken, Pfalz, Germany 2023 Bodegas Toro Albalá and spends two years agingThis Chardonnay Quarzit is most impressive, crackling with acidity, firm on the palate, dry, and mineral, but not chalky like a Chablis. Quarzit refers to the quartzite soils that this wine comes from.