2022 Monzingen Auf der Ley Riesling Grosses Gewächs trocken (Versteigerungswein), Nahe, Germany

Firm and very deep, delicately smoky, even a hint of nutty aroma with restrained yellow-fruity flavours, a hint of smoke, menthol, green tobacco and distinct minerality. Ripe, calm, finely juicy fruit with yeasty and somewhat herbaceous-vegetable tones, moderate grip of ripe phenolics and very fine acidity marbling the wine, dense and persistent on the palate, rather slender but with substance, good depth, very firm core, lots of bright minerality, still undeveloped, long, taut, finely juicy and again intensely mineral finish with enormous grip and tension. Needs to mature.

Best to drink: 2025-2038+. What our ratings mean