BrandRiesling “Monastery” 2022 (750ml)

This is one of two single-vineyard Riesling bottlings; I tasted the 2022 in March of this year and it was cut and salty, really beautifully herbal and garden fresh, yet with a dense, citric core; super concentrated. Butterfly and the ballerina? This comes from a site called “Klosterschäffnerei” at the foot of the Sonnenberg hill. It is a warm, south-facing site and produces the boldest and deepest dry Riesling the Brands make. In 2022 though it has, for me, more elegance and refinement.

Note that all the “Pur” labels are drawn by the brothers’ grandmother (Oma in German); really “natty wine” Oma’s boys.