2022 Weiser-Künstler Riesling Gaispfad Grand Cru, Mosel, Germany
2022 Weiser-Künstler Riesling Gaispfad Grand Cru, Mosel, Germany

2022 Weiser-Künstler Riesling Gaispfad Grand Cru, Mosel, Germany

$60.00

Gaispfad is always one of my favorite wines from the Mosel, and from Wei-Kü. This is one of the most beguiling, forest/fruit noses in the wine world, with a perfumed nose that quivers between tart alpine strawberries (there are tons of wild strawberries in the vineyard), tart blueberries, melon – herbal elements that recall quinine, with a complex forest medley of pine needles, tulip stalks framed by an iron-rich slate, a just fantastical array of minerality and flakey sea salt – it feels so tactile, like it’s right in front of your nose. There is something fatty and meaty here too, raw – like a steak freshly strewn with salt before grilling. The wine is finely woven, delicate, porcelain in nature, lean and airy, defined yet not aggressive or cut – it is as if every sharp angle has been finely polished, like a stone that’s been rounded by centuries of glacial water.

On the palate, there is a diffuse yet energizing array of mellow citrus, a sunrise of earth and citrus. If you can, do not decant, yet keep the wine open for as long as you can; it is only more intriguing on days three and beyond. - vom Boden

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