Merkelbach Mosel Riesling Urziger Wurzgarten Kabinett 2023 NO20231025 yielding small crops of intensely

yielding small crops of intensely structured fruit

Low production and famously high demand have always made it scarce

The 2023 vintage shows a lively bouquet with yellow stone fruits and hints of beeswax—a textbook expression that reveals more richness than Lafon's lighter bottlings without sacrificing purity

Raised 18 months in used barrels

Merkelbach Mosel Riesling Urziger Wurzgarten Kabinett 2023 NO20231025 yielding small crops of intenselySome 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