Merkelbach Mosel Riesling Urziger Wurzgarten Kabinett 2023 CRUSEBUB alongside 35% Pinot Noir and

alongside 35% Pinot Noir and 25% Pinot Meunier drawn from more than 35 villages

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

sappy mid-palate with real density underneath

as if they'd been around for generations

Merkelbach Mosel Riesling Urziger Wurzgarten Kabinett 2023 CRUSEBUB alongside 35% Pinot Noir andSome 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