2015 Ürziger Würzgarten Kabinett GrK

The 2015 Riesling Ürziger Würzgarten Kabinett (White Capsule) is very clear, pure and delicate in its spicy and, in a subtle way, intense and concentrated nose that displays perfectly ripe, yellow-golden colored Riesling flavors along with a flinty/smoky minerality. The Würzgarten combines the purity of crushed stones and the pronounced acidity of the Wehlener Klosterberg with the perfectly ripe and intense fruit charm that characterizes the Domprobst although the flavors are completely different and even finer, rather feminine if you so will. In any case, the Würzgarten Kabinett is very well defined and precise on the nose and on the palate, which is dense and tightly woven--a perfect amalgam of ripe fruit and structuring minerals. The 2015 develops an enormously long and tension-filled finish full of minerals or crushed rocks of red slate.

The 2015 Riesling Ürziger Würzgarten Kabinett (Green Capsule) is based on the same grape quality as the dry Kabinett and opens with a deep, complex and smoky/flinty bouquet of ripe stone fruit aromas, crushed stones and sweet herbal flavors. Silky textured, round and lush, this is a full-bodied, highly elegant, finessed and stunningly complex Würzgarten Kabinett. Perfectly balanced, with a great, beautifully pure and salty finish and immense aging potential. Gorgeous! Apr 2017, www.robertparker.com, Drink: 2020-2050

A faintly yeasty, cheesy fermentative overlay to the nose dissipates with aeration. Behind that emerges a site-typical amalgam of lime and strawberry, which then inform the palate with a chiffon-like sense of delicacy allied to richness of flavor. Cooling mint, pungent coriander seed and invigoratingly incisive cress lend delectable appeal to a long finish transparent to alkaline and wet stone notes that serve for fascinating counterpoint. The very discreet sweetness here is entirely supportive, and I would be delighted if Rieslings displaying this one’s balance were once again considered classic examples of Mosel Kabinett. Jun 2017, www.vinous.com, Drink: 2017-2032