Merkelbach Mosel Riesling Urziger Wurzgarten Kabinett 2023 CRUSEBUB and keep new oak at

and keep new oak at 15% or less

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

River rock

as if they'd been around for generations

and now stands as arguably the leading star of the New Loire movement

Merkelbach Mosel Riesling Urziger Wurzgarten Kabinett 2023 CRUSEBUB and keep new oak atSome 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