Escheburg Riesling 2018

The 2018 Riesling Escheburg is very ripe and floral on the nose and, due to the warm vintage, significantly warmer and more fruity than in previous vintages. However, the wine is seriously structured on the palate, where the generosity becomes finer and younger, revealing crystalline acidity and texture. This, again, is a bit more Alsatian in character but with the piquancy of predominantly ungrafted vines of four grands crus that make it into the Escheburg. This wine needs some years to gain finesse, but with the right dishes (cheese as well), this fruit-intense, salty-piquant and slatey Riesling with 12% alcohol will perform well today. Tasted in April 2020.

A little funky with lots of milk and bean curd, but there’s plenty of stone fruit behind that. Quite phenolic and dense with a waxy texture, but some serious dryness and salinity on the finish. Drink now.