Enkircher Zeppwingert - Riesling (20)

Riesling | 100+ jaar oude stokken, ungrafted | blau en grau schiefer | selectie van 8 kleine terrassen | echte ‘sponti’ riesling |  vergist en gerijpt op oude eikenhout vaten | rijp fruit | smokey | diepgang | verfijnd | zeer grote wijn | potentie tot rijpen enorm

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

Bottled on October 11 (and moderately sulfured for the first and last time only a few days before), Immich's 2020 Enkircher Zeppwingert Riesling displays a shining golden-yellow color and opens with a very clear, pure, deep, excitingly complex and dense but also fine bouquet with stony and herbal aromas as well as almond, oak and ripe Riesling fruit. The nose is subtle and sublime like a high-end perfume with a fantasy of aromas. The palate follows this with great finesse, subtleness and complexity. It's vital and tensile and highly stimulating on the salty finish that reveals palate-tickling mineral grip, which makes this an irresistible grand cru from the spectacular, steep Zeppwingert with its 100+-year-old vines that were world famous even before Fritz Lang, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill or Arnold Schönberg. The finish is very long, intense and perfectly round, even if not fully dry. Four barrels were made. There has 12% stated alcohol and 13 grams of residual sugar. Natural cork. Tasted at the domain on November 1, 2021. Stephan Reinhardt 98/100

"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."