
White wine
Riesling-Sylvaner AOC
10.00 / 1 dl · 60.00 / bottle
- Region:
- Lake Zurich, Switzerland
- Producer:
- Alain Schwarzenbach
- Vintage:
- 2024
- Grape varieties:
- Riesling-Sylvaner (Müller-Thurgau)
Tasting notes
All you need is love… Sweetly fruity, almost sentimental, exuberant and beautiful precisely because of it, with enchanting aromas of fully ripe pear, yellow apple and mirabelle plum. Invigorating, refreshing and a little mysterious: behind the sweet yellow fruit emerge crisp gooseberry and dark cassis. Love can have a bite, and without downs there are no ups. A dusty, stony minerality grounds the daydream, before a touch of white pepper and mace sets the butterflies flying again. On the palate, it is as surprising as love itself: wonderfully drinkable and fresh, with no heaviness, just easy-going summer fruit. What more could you need?
Winemaking
Selective hand harvesting, fermentation with the estate’s own yeast strain dating from 1895, followed by ageing in stainless-steel tanks. No malolactic fermentation.
Terroir
The grapes come from vineyard sites in Meilen on Lake Zurich. On the lake’s right bank, they benefit from around 25% more sunlight. Sheltered between the Albis range and the Pfannenstiel, Lake Zurich offers an ideal wine-growing climate. The lake softens the frosty winter weather and brings cool nights during the summer heat, producing aromatic, fresh wines.
Estate history
The old winegrower’s house, the ‘Reblaube’, was built in Meilen in 1739, and wine was already being produced there. It came into the Schwarzenbach family’s ownership in 1912. Just as the Schwarzenbach family is at the heart of Lake Zurich wine-growing, the Reblaube remains the heart of the estate. Today, Alain Schwarzenbach and Marilen Muff jointly run the family winery in its fifth generation: two winemakers deeply connected to their home, nature and vineyards — where, in their eyes, the wine is made.











