Robert Weil Kiedrich Klosterberg Riesling Trocken 2023

The vines on this steep, four-hectare vineyard are between 40 and 60 years old. At up to 300 metres, this is the highest of Weil’s three hillside sites, yet thanks to its southern aspect and deeper, iron-rich, weathered slate soils, it also produces the most opulent and seductive of these wines (when young). The Weil team often use the term ‘baroque’ when describing wines from Klosterberg in reference to the lift and generosity. Yes, there is plenty of slate, but also gneiss, which brings out more fruit and floral notes. Like all of Weil’s single-site ’23s, this was raised entirely in Doppelstückfass and aged on full lees for 10 months before bottling. While the Klosterberg shares some similarities in character with the Kiedricher wine, you always get a kick up in intensity, complexity and drive at the finish.