Robert Weil Kiedricher Riesling Trocken 2018

This is Weil’s “villages” level Riesling, the village being Kiedrich. The fruit here comes exclusively from the top, classified, hillside sites of Klosterberg, Turmberg and Gräfenberg. It's a blend of younger vine material, as well as first-picked parcels from these sites. As you would expect from a wine drawn from such sites, this is a massive step up, with considerably more texture, power, class and sense of place than the wine above. It’s full of pulpy stone fruit and citrus rind/grapefruit goodness and is driven by tangy, intense, rocky mineral freshness. There’s plenty of flesh but the wine simply dances across the palate. The style is archetypal Kiedrich (i.e. mineral, high grown and driven) and beautifully expresses both its origins and the meticulous culture behind the wine. Stunning and, dare we say it, every bit as good as the 2015 at this stage.