2018 Schonfels Fass 11 GG 11 21

The 2018 Schonfels Fass 11 (Ayl Schonfels Riesling GG) opens brilliantly clear, fresh and smoky/flinty on the excitingly pure, deep and complex nose that delivers salt and pepper, as Florian Lauer says. The palate is very elegant, fine and even crystalline, with a long, intense and aromatic finish with mineral vitality and lots of grip and of music. A remarkably elegant and straightforward wine. It was bottled nine days before I tasted it on June 21, 2019. Release date: September 2019.