Weingut AM Kaiserbaum Riesling Sekt Sparkling 12.5% NV

Sekt is German sparkling wine, and the good ones are made the same way as champagne, with a second fermentation in the bottle. Riesling gives it something champagne cannot: that piercing lime and green apple acidity, with none of the Chardonnay softness. The Hundinger family farm around twenty-five hectares at Gerolsheim in the Pfalz, named for a Paulownia tree planted in the courtyard in 1980. Lime, green apple, white flowers and a dry, mineral finish. Serve properly cold at 8C as an aperitif.