Knebel 2022 Riesling Röttgen Grand Cru dry 1999 After traditional fermentation on the

After traditional fermentation on the skins

tobacco and black tea

After 18 month in the barrel

Residual sugar:  10

Knebel 2022 Riesling Röttgen Grand Cru dry 1999 After traditional fermentation on the"Blue slate (which gives fruity, flowery wines, I'm told) but with visible iron oxide (which gives wines that are herbal, more introspective). And that sums this wine up. Very elegant. Compact, serious, channelling mirabelle plums and soft sage leaves, and beautiful texture could almost be tannins. Long and insistent. Full of quiet, flowing spirit." Tasted by Tamlyn Currin, wine writer for Jancis Robinson 17. 5 20 A delicate yet powerful Riesling