If you have ever wondered what people mean when they talk about ‘minerality’ in wine, then try this. It’s not so much a wine as a geological survey. Don’t panic, there is fruit involved, with delicate apple, grapefruit and lime flavours, but the fascination and the pleasure come from the elemental notes of struck flint, chalk dust, marble chippings, talcum powder and whetstone! I guess that is why the soil (sandstone) receives equal billing in the wine’s name, along with the grape variety (Furmint). 12.5% alc. Drink now-2028

Press review:

The Wine Advocate: “Vinified in 600-litre barrels of oak and acacia for almost one year, the 2021 Furmint vom Sandstein offers a very clear, fresh and pure, even stony bouquet of ripe, yellow and spicy fruits. Fresh and elegant on the lush palate, this is a medium-bodied, finely phenolic and citric white with grip and stimulating lemon juice flavors on the tonic finish. I really like the purity, grip and freshness of this characterful Furmint that Gottfried Lamprecht replanted here soon after he took over the Herrenhof in 2006. Drink now-2032.” 91 points