Riesling, Kastanianbusch, Grosses Gewächs, 2020

Name: Riesling, Kastanianbusch, Grosses Gewächs
Brand: Okonomierat Rebholz
Price: 441.13 GBP

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justerini & brooks tasting note

The great Kastanienbusch vineyard rises from 150m above sea level to over 300m and is formed of red iron rich soils that are around 320 million years old. It tends to produce complex powerful Riesling that is nevertheless transparent and full of energy. Aromas of smoky cherries, raspberry and red iron rich slate soils dominate this broad, open, multifaceted GG Riesling in 2020. The minerality here is salty and ferrous, the fruit both red, crunchy and littered with herbs and grasses. The finish pulsates with intensity – this is Riesling that tastes like little else in Germany.

critic reviews

93/100Stephan Reinhardt,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2020 Kastanienbusch Riesling GG comes from a ripe vintage and shows intense light fruit, more reminiscent of pome fruit than stone fruit. Initially without the cool vein of the site in hot years, it's still subtle and becomes more narrative with more air. Dense and smooth on the palate but fine and elegant, with a decidedly clear and mineral finish, even salty, this is a Riesling with few hedonistic talents. It remains slim and lively, with a fine savoriness and saltiness as well as tonic notes of bitter lemon. It's rather restrained in the long finish, which shows intensity and strength but currently little friskiness. Tasted at the Rebholz Kastanienbusch/Christmann Idig/Wittmann Morstein vertical tasting in Westhofen in August 2024.

DRINKING WINDOW 2027 - 2040

date of review 10/2024