Predominantly sourced in the Leistenberg, the 2024 Riesling trocken Tonschiefer VDP.Gutswein is pure as well as intense on the concentrated and aromatic nose that comes like a desert of crushed blue slate and salts. This is fascinating and represents a superb terroir that has always been one of my all-time favorites when it comes to easy drinking but complex and unique Rieslings. Mouthfilling but light, refined and elegant on the palate, this is a dense and sustainable, quite powerful dry Riesling with a long, aromatic, intense and seriously structured finish. The acidity is an electric beam but focused on fully ripe and textured fruit. There is no need to open a bottle of this classic wine all too soon. Bottled in April with 11.5% stated alcohol.(SR)

The 2024 Riesling Tonschiefer was picked chiefly in the Oberhäuser Leistenberg, but this year it was supplemented with fruit from Niederhauser Klamm, Hermannshöhle and Norheim. A gentle, smoky reduction spreads across the superbly clean-cut palate. This is the picture of clarity and poise, with a deep-seated zestiness, a core of coolness and exquisite, fluid ripeness. The 2024 is totally ripe but svelte and utterly disarming. (Bone-dry)(AK)