Merkelbach Mosel Riesling Urziger Wurzgarten Kabinett 2023 CRUSEBUB the 2021 has settled into

the 2021 has settled into something broad and textural rather than merely fruity

sappy mid-palate with real density underneath

no disgorging

River rock

Merkelbach Mosel Riesling Urziger Wurzgarten Kabinett 2023 CRUSEBUB the 2021 has settled intoSome 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