2023 Hofgut Falkenstein Ockfener Bockstein Riesling Kabinett Alte Reben Mia

2023
Germany
Mosel
Riesling
White
7.5%
75cl
Feral Factor: 1
 
Falkenstein excel with this style of wine year after year. Steely, racy, very pure and long. Spontaneous fermentation like all the wines here with no enzymes of other additives, leads to a 'sponti' nose - showing a little reduction. 
 
Mosel Fine Wines said about the 2022 (2023 not yet published):
 
The 2022er Ockfener Bockstein Riesling Kabinett Alte Reben Mia (the reference to this internal cask name is provided in small print on the label
after the AP number) is made from fruit harvested on old vines planted in the 1960s and was fermented down to barely fruity-styled levels of
residual sugar. Still slightly reductive at first, this needs a few minutes in the glass to reveal complex and fresh nose of minty herbs, herbal tea,
spices, white peach, and lime tree. The wine is superbly playful and energetic on the zesty and pure palate. There is lightness as in a fresh
mountain water wrapped into beautiful spicy and salty finish. The after-taste is already off-dry to dryish in style rather than fully fruity. This is a grand
Kabinett. 2030-2042
94 Points