2020 Kastanienbusch Riesling Grosses Gewachs
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The 2020 Kastanienbusch Riesling GG comes from a ripe vintage and shows intense light fruit, more reminiscent of pome fruit than stone fruit. Initially without the cool vein of the site in hot years, it's still subtle and becomes more narrative with more air. Dense and smooth on the palate but fine and elegant, with a decidedly clear and mineral finish, even salty, this is a Riesling with few hedonistic talents. It remains slim and lively, with a fine savoriness and saltiness as well as tonic notes of bitter lemon. It's rather restrained in the long finish, which shows intensity and strength but currently little friskiness. Tasted at the Rebholz Kastanienbusch/Christmann Idig/Wittmann Morstein vertical tasting in Westhofen in August 2024.
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Jancis Robinson MW
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Certified organic and respekt-BIODYN . Rich, complex, layered nose that suggests much more substance than either the Ganz Horn or the Im Sonnenschein, though this wine shares with its stablemates a high level of acidity. Embryonic and for the moment quite demanding but it may well shine eventually. (JR)
At once exotic, yet cool and delicately herbal, very concentrated but no less light-footed, this shows crystalline purity thatâs a wonder to behold! Moves on tiptoe through the super-long, filigree finish. From biodynamically grown grapes with Respekt certification. Drink or hold.