Enkircher Batterieberg - Riesling (20)

Riesling | 80 jaar oude wijngaard | grijze leisteen met kwartsiet | 10,7 gram restsuiker | niet volledig droog | gastronomisch | zoutig | zeer spannende wijn

Immich Batterieberg

De man achter de wijnen van Immich-Batterieberg is Gernot Kollman. Na stages bij Dr.Loosen, van Volxem en 4 jaar bij Weingut Knebel, besloot hij in 2009 het toen failliete wijngoed Immich Batterieberg te kopen om daar zijn eigen wijn te produceren. Gernot staat bekend om zijn fraaie beendroge stijl Riesling die hij spontaan vergist op eikenhouten voeders in de Mosel. Minder restzoet, maar een spatzuivere, energieke levendige wijn met een betere expressie van de wijngaard. Een Riesling met enorme klasse!

Review

The radiant golden-yellow 2020 Enkircher Batterieberg Riesling comes from 80-year-old, ungrafted vines on gray slate and quartzite soils in the steep terraces of the Starkenburg slope and opens with a highly delicate yet also very deep and stony bouquet with perfectly concentrated ripe fruit aromas and notes of crushed stones and wild herbs. This is fascinatingly complex again, and at this early stage, it also has very fine gunpowder notes. Pure, fresh and intense on the palate, this is a dense, lush and firmly structured Batterieberg with a touch of sweetness on the finish. Bottled three weeks ago on October 11 (with the sulfur dose a few days before), this is a still-nervous but tensile and very promising wine that should be cellared for a year or three, if you like to enjoy a wide, relaxed and balanced grand cru. 12% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted on November 1, 2021. 96+/100 Stephen Reinhardt 95/100

"2020 was a very nice vintage for us," says general manager Gernot Kollmann. "We got a lot and good grape material for CAI and Detonation and also considerably more concentrated grapes than initially thought. The alcohol yield was also higher than thought during the measurements. Even though it is clearly lower than 2018 and 2019, in the end it was only 0.3% less alcohol than last year." The 2020s Zeppwingert, Batterieberg and Ellergrub are three world-class Rieslings, even if not fermented to fully dry. There are still two reserve wines in the cellar, one from the Batterieberg, the other from the Ellergrub. Those two reserve Rieslings will not be released until "sometime in 2022."