Merkelbach Mosel Riesling Urziger Wurzgarten Kabinett 2023 bis-hidden Pleasantly well rounded

Pleasantly well rounded

A mix of Jamaican open and closed top fermentation

delivering that classic blackcurrant and minty

The village-level Chablis from the domaine that farms more Grand Cru than anyone else in town

Merkelbach Mosel Riesling Urziger Wurzgarten Kabinett 2023 bis-hidden Pleasantly well roundedSome things never change, and that is the whole point here. For decades the brothers Alfred and Rolf Merkelbach made Riesling in a cellar barely bigger than a garage in Urzig, working their steep slate parcels by hand and bottling wines that felt like they'd arrived from another era. When they finally retired, the estate passed to the Selbach family just down the river, who kept the same cellar, the same old casks and the same stubbornly hands off