GROSSES GEWÄCHS RIESLING
96 St. Urbans-Hof 2020 Nik Weis Leiwener Laurentiuslay Riesling GG Gold Cap (Mosel). Sourced from the grey Devonian slate of the Laurentiuslay vineyard, this luminous, light-footed dry Riesling offers sun-kissed white peach and yellow-plum flavors etched by streaks of salt, smoke and crushed slate. A deeply penetrating, pure-fruited sip with fresh fruit and floral tones that are a bit more hedonistic in youth than many of this producer’s 2020 GG’s but still profoundly concentrated enough to improve for decades. HB Wine Merchants. Editors’ Choice. —A.I.
abv: 12% Price: $78
Subtle notes of spice and smoke lend a seductive veil to pristine grapefruit and Mirabelle. —A.I.
