Schloss Johannisberg : Riesling Goldlack Trocken 2022

Aromas of petrol, lychee and wild jasmine flowers with white pepper and dried thyme. Thick and unctuous, but so alive and really piercing - this makes you sit up and take notice. Utterly filling in every way, confident and shining, it has a wonderful viscosity to it, complex and captivating - honeyed with some bitter caramel and toasted edges but lovely bright, citrus acidity too. Sweet lemon and lime with some sugary peach and a salty, mineral touch to the finish that elongates the expression. I adore this - a wine you can’t help but fall in love with. First year conversion to organic. An overall hot and dry vintage with one of the hottest August’s in recent years although more rain fell than average in September and October bringing relief to the vines. The harvest started early on 22 September. Ageing on the lees for 24 months. 3.9g/L residual sugar. 7.6g/L acidity.

For a vintage that was so challenging, because it was so hot and so dry, this has an amazing, flinty vitality and super-dense apricot, apricot-skin and mirabelle-plum flavors on the very focused, medium-bodied palate. Then a huge wave of stone minerality hits you but, after it has passed, the finish is as still as a mountain lake. From organically grown grapes with Fair'n Green certification. Almost limitless aging potential. Drink from release.