Robert Weil Kiedricher Riesling Trocken 2021

This is Weil’s ‘villages’ level Riesling (the village being Kiedrich). The fruit is a blend of younger-vine material, as well as first-picked parcels from the classified hillside Estate sites of Klosterberg, Turmberg and Gräfenberg. As you would expect from such terroir, it is a step up from the Rheingau—with more texture and power, and considerably more rocky, mineral intensity. One-third of the wine was raised in large Stockinger Doppelstückfass (wooden cask) for six months.  

From the higher vineyards in Kiedrich, especially Wasseros but also younger vines from Klosterberg, Turmberg and Gräfenberg, the 2021 Kiedricher Riesling Trocken offers a clear and coolish bouquet of white and yellow-fleshed fruits. Vinified two-thirds in stainless steel and one-third in large oak, this is a round and lush, pretty generous but vivacious and piquant Riesling with intense and elegant fruit, good density and a long, saline and finely grippy finish. Still young and edgy but promising. 12.5% stated alcohol. Screw cap. Tasted in July 2022. 91+ points. Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate.