Silesian · Lower Silesia · Poland
Sweet dessert wine · very late harvest Riesling · 50 cl
Silesian Riesling Winter Harvest is a rare, TBA-style dessert wine. The Riesling grapes were picked on 6 January 2024, raisined and touched by noble rot but not frozen, so it is a very late harvest rather than an ice wine. Only 1,750 bottles were made, and it is built to age for decades. Selected for Central Wines by Master Sommelier Adam Michocki.
Tasting note
Golden in colour, with quince, white peach and candied pineapple. The palate is rich and full of sweetness, balanced by brisk, refreshing acidity.
Pair with
Blue cheeses, foie gras, fruit tarts, or on its own as dessert.
Details
- Producer: Winnica Silesian
- Region: Lower Silesia, Poland
- Grape: 100% Riesling
- Style: sweet, very late harvest (Trockenbeerenauslese style)
- Soil: granite schist; vineyard in organic conversion
- Alcohol: 10% abv
- Residual sugar: 127 g/l · Acidity: 11.4 g/l
- Production: 1,750 bottles
- Bottle: 50 cl
Awards
Decanter World Wine Awards Bronze, 88 points; Gold and Champion, Polish Wine Competition Jasło 2025; Gold, Winobranie Zielona Góra; top award, Trybuszony 2025.
About Silesian
Winnica Silesian is a family vineyard in Lower Silesia, south-west Poland. It takes its name from the Silesian horse, the breed the family's grandfather raised at his stud, and its labels carry photographs of those horses and of the family. The vineyard is in conversion to organic farming, and its “Szato Bagno” series explores natural, low-intervention winemaking.