Jakob Schneider Riesling Trocken "Melaphyr" 2022There are two definitions for Melaphyre (the English spelling): a porphyritic rock consisting of phenocrysts of feldspar in a dark groundmass; broadly: a porphyritic igneous rock with dark colored aphanitic groundmass and phenocrysts of various kinds. Or, a Mesozoic basalt. I myself have been called a Mesozoic basalt, though never to my face. Its one of the several volcanic soils the central Nahe contains, and it usually gives wines scented and