The 2023 Riesling Schlossböckelheimer Felsenberg Felsentürmchen Grosses Gewächs is picked in the fullyvsouth-facing site of porphyry and melaphyr. Cornelius Dönnhoff says this is the most challenging site tovwork, simply because the stones are so hard and unforgiving, retaining almost no water. Thus, a year likev2023 was brilliant for this site. It is always the first GG site... read more/less
...to be harvested because the rock retains heatvfrom the day. Tender reduction still casts a flinty spell on the nose. Lovely savor implies crushed citrusvfoliage merged into iron oxide on the nose. The palate is taut, citric, bright with immense linearity, movingvwith absolute ease and direction, with energy and punch, towards a zesty, cool finish, long, sustained, allvwith savor and saltiness. The 2023 is a total joy of clarity, direction and stony poise. This is so elegant, so slender, so powerful, and no, this is not a contradiction. (Bone-dry)