2024 Max Kilburg Goldtropfchen Riesling Kabinett, Mosel, Germany Grand Mayan inky fruit and a bit

inky fruit and a bit of new oak

The soils are quartz-rich colluvium – a mix of rock types and sediments deposited from the mountains above

though on the opposite side of the Sesia River

Fermented on the skins and stems for 60 days then aged in acacia barrels

which has been missing the past couple years because of smoke exposure in 2020 and because we’ve increased the élevage time from 15 months to 20 months

2024 Max Kilburg Goldtropfchen Riesling Kabinett, Mosel, Germany Grand Mayan inky fruit and a bitThe Goldtrpfchen is the warmer vineyard, yet somehow the wine presents more linear (these basic notes as per Ohligsberg and Goldtrpfchen hold true with the expressions of Julian Haart as well, which is fascinating) the tones here are a bit brighter and stone fruited; it is also characteristically spiced and herbal, simply piercing and lithe. Welcome to Bonkers town. vom Boden