Bernkasteler Lay Riesling Auslese** 2020 Dry

A monument of a powerful Moselle Riesling with great aromatic depth. The Bernkasteler Lay is located right on the outskirts of the famous Moselle town and is one of the less well-known large sites, but that is completely wrong. In the nose first smoky flint notes, then a basket of fully ripe stone fruit and fine yeasty contours. Elegant on the palate, with immense density, rich and detailed at the same time, with a fine creaminess in the texture that comes from the long aging on the lees. Lasting, juicy and delicately salty finish. A large, dry Riesling with mineral tension that will be remembered for a long time and can still develop perfectly.

Robert Parker - 98 Point Review

The 2020 Riesling Bernkasteler Lay Auslese ** (White Capsule) is pure, refined and fresh on the precise and concentrated but bright and shining, transcendental nose that is intense and ripe but doesn't show any tropical fruit aromas. Crystalline, highly refined and saline on the palate, this is a rich and very intense Riesling whose electric acidity takes all the weight and concentration up a steep flight to heaven, where the wine flies possibly forever like a satellite around the globe. The finish is so juicy, so saline and so precise that one can't leave the glass without a sense of wonder. So much finesse and intensity in one glass? 12% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine from AP 50 21 in July 2022.

Alcohol: 12%