Robert Weil Kiedrich Grfenberg Grosses Gewchs Riesling Trocken 2021

The vineyard of Kiedrich Grfenbergor hill of the countshas been used to designate Robert Weils finest wines since the site was officially classified as Weinlage 1 Klasse in 1867. Home to Weils oldest vines (up to 80 years of age), with the majority on their own rootstock, it makes perfect sense that Wilhelm Weil decided that it was only from this site that his Grosse Gewchs would derive (despite the fact that he could actually release three GGs from all his single vineyards).

Weils aim has been to replicate the style and quality of the full-bodied dry wines that were produced in the Rheingau a century ago when the regions finest Rieslings were the most expensive wines in the world. Despite the high quality of the Turmberg and Klosterberg, this is clearly on another level. Its not necessarily more intense, but its certainly finer and more completea wine of obvious Grand Cru class. This year the GG was raised for 10 months (instead of 12) on lees in large, neutral oak doppelstuckfass (large Stockinger casks). When you think of what we are paying now for top-notch Grand Cru white Burgundy wines, Weils remains an absolute bargain, matching the best of them for class and quality. Few (if any!) could match it for longevity.