Riesling Trocken Batterieberg

Immich-Batterieberg
Germany
Mosel
2022

The namesake vineyard of the estate, a Grand Cru created by blasting the toweringly steep cliff face to rubble in the 1840s. Grey slate, thin topsoil, perfect exposition, extremely old, pre-phylloxera vines on their original rootstock, and a legendary history makes this one of the living treasures of German wine. Hand-harvested and aged in barrel, like all of Gernot’s top wines. Released late.

98 points
"Although this is still very youthful, the ripe Amalfi lemon aroma leaps out of the glass at you! Electric vitality and a very exciting interplay of slatey minerality with delicate grape sweetness and racy acidity. Dances its way over your palate and off towards an almost infinitely distant vanishing point. Limited production which is due to producing less than 20 hectoliters per hectare and the small size of this monopol site. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold."
James Suckling,
jamessuckling.com
96+ points
"The 2022 Batterieberg is pure, very intense and saline on the precise nose that reveals ripe and concentrated fruit aromas intermingled with iodine and spicy notes. Rich and elegant on the palate, this is a generous and round, not fully dry but saline, finely tannic and substantial Riesling with persistent salinity and finesse. This is a highly refined Riesling in the old Auslese dimension: not fully dry but fully rich and refined, with a crystalline and saline finish that is very long and complex. 11.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted in November 2023."
Wine Advocate

SKU/Code: 
DB0904-22
Product Line: 
Wine
White
Varietal: 
Riesling