Immich-Batterieberg Enkircher Zeppwingert Riesling

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Bottled on October 11 (and moderately sulfured for the first and last time only a few days before), Immich's 2020 Enkircher Zeppwingert Riesling displays a shining golden-yellow color and opens with a very clear, pure, deep, excitingly complex and dense but also fine bouquet with stony and herbal aromas as well as almond, oak and ripe Riesling fruit. The nose is subtle and sublime like a high-end perfume with a fantasy of aromas. The palate follows this with great finesse, subtleness and complexity. It's vital and tensile and highly stimulating on the salty finish that reveals palate-tickling mineral grip, which makes this an irresistible grand cru from the spectacular, steep Zeppwingert with its 100+-year-old vines that were world famous even before Fritz Lang, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill or Arnold Sch?nberg. The finish is very long, intense and perfectly round, even if not fully dry. Four barrels were made. There has 12% stated alcohol and 13 grams of residual sugar. Natural cork. Tasted at the domain on November 1, 2021.

The 2019 Enkircher Zeppwingert Riesling is highly concentrated and slightly smoky on the rich and slightly toasty nose that gives a more Burgundian character, if I may say so. Crystalline and refined on the palate, this is a rich, concentrated, very juicy and finely tannic as well as crystalline Zeppwingert with a spectacularly long and tensioned finish. A fabulous wine with lingering salinity. Bottled with 14 grams of residual sugar and less than 13% alcohol.

From 100+-year-old vines on six terraces (the two upper terraces were selected for the reserve wine this vintage), the 2017 Enkircher Zeppwingert Riesling opens with a clear, dense and slightly oaky bouquet of perfectly ripe Riesling fruit and reveals a crunchy, crystalline and very fine backbone. On the palate, this is an intense, lush, elegant and endlessly salty Riesling with crystalline acidity and finesse but also a serious, persistent structure constructed by minerals, very fine tannins and beautifully fine acidity. The wine is highly finessed and seamless in its texture, and the finish continues scattering salt and tension. The 2017 did not ferment to fully dry, stopping at 11.3 grams per liter of residual sugar. However, the sweetness is already perfectly integrated and guarantees very long aging potential. Tasted in March 2019.

From eight terraces with vines that are 100+ years old, the 2016 Enkircher Zeppwingert Riesling is pure, intense, fresh and fine on the nose, showing ripe and concentrated yet clear and minerally fruit with notes of crushed stones. Full-bodied, round and complex on the palate, with fine acidity and delicate tannins, this is a very elegant, textured, pure and salty Riesling with a powerful, concentrated and greatly structured finish. The finish is so fine, fresh and salty as well as very long and stimulating. It drinks perfectly today and will continue to do so during the next 15 to 20 years, perhaps even longer. Raised on the lees until late August, this is probably the finest Zeppwingert I have ever tasted. A great combination of lush richness, complex purity, elegance and finesse. Total production: 1,000 liters.