Schlossbergkeller Riesling Hochgewächs 2018

Once I have started reviewing German wines in my last post, we head now a bit north from Rheinessen to the world famous Mosel region.

From all the grapes that you can have, Riesling is probably one of the ones which better expresses the terroir where it is set. 

Playing with this characteristic, you often have pure minerality allied with nicely harmonized citrus taste in the wines produced.

This Schlossbergkeller (The hill castle cellar) is not an exception:

I would dare to say that it is a pure translation of its unique terroir reflecting the fact that the grapes were coming from the higher part of the hill, which gifts the visitors with quite an impressive view over the Mosel valley.


This almost excessive minerality allied with a good general presence of green lemon and some herbs makes it one of my favourite tastes to face the summer and to pair perfectly with seafood.


This may well be one of the reasons why more and more Portuguese producers have been investing in this grape with some promising results.


I will then leave you with William Saphier which turns into poetry some of the feelings I had while drinking this wonderful Riesling:

Before it was day
I climbed to meet the sun
half way
on the side of a mountain.
A high cool pond
poured down over rocks
to a slow dreamy valley
singing of new born clouds.
Facing the warm reflections
on the quiet sky
I bowed and kissed the dew
on the young grass.
But soon I felt guilty.
What had I done?
What is the dew
on young grass?

17/20
Country: Germany
Region: Mosel
Grapes: Riesling
13%
Winemaker: N/A
Website: https://schlossbergkeller.de/Weinkarte