The 2018 Enkircher Steffensberg Riesling opens very intense and pure but also seemingly baroque on the nose that is populated with notes of crushed reddish stones, herbs, blossoms and ripe Riesling berry aromas. Creamy on the palate, this is a full-bodied and charming Riesling that seems more textured and musty than in the past and reveals some prominent oaky flavors and tannins that give it an unfinished character at this early stage straight after the bottling in mid-April. The wine is firm and intense but still not in balance and, obviously, hardly representative. I am curious to see where time will lead this substantial wine. I am going to re-taste it this summer and will give an update. Bottled with 10 grams per liter of residual sugar. Tasted from AP 183 20 in April 2020.