2020 Dr. Bürklin-Wolf Ruppertsberger Gaisböhl Riesling

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 93.3 points

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  12/28/2023 - oropeza wrote:

  Tart apple in front of a fairly wound up core and a finish on acidity. I didn't get much complexity here, might have been in the wrong context.

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  6/11/2023 - puffinscellar Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Light yellow color reflecting its youth, a complex of exotic fruit leaps out of the glass showing roasted pineapple, green plum, and kiwi crowned by zingy macerated gooseberry aromas and bound by a soft yeasty character reminiscent of pizza dough wayyy in the background.
  
  The palate is still very tightly wound up and showing primary fruit flavors of northern peach, green plum, and gooseberry with tingling acidity evoking a squeeze of fresh Calamansi juice. Minerals represent by a still-distant petrol note on the back end (none yet detected on the nose) and a steely character one expects from a fine dry Riesling. The balance between minerals, fruit, and acid is just incredible such that it Can at times feel plush on the tongue in spite of its racy acidity.
  
  Thoroughly enjoyable and quenching, I struggle to find anything wrong with this wine, although no doubt it will blossom into much more over a decade or two. The rest of these bottles will be laid down until after 2030.

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  6/21/2022 - forceberry wrote: 95 Points

  Made with biodynamically farmed Riesling sourced from the Gaisböhl vineyard, a monopole of Dr. Bürklin-Wolf and considered to be Grand Cru-level ("GC") by the winery. 12,5% alcohol, 0,7 g/l residual sugar and 7,1 g/l acidity. Tasted together with eight other 2020 GG Rieslings.
  
  Medium-deep yellow-green color. Complex and subtly sweet nose with attractive, layered aromas of pineapple and ripe red apple, some floral notes of apple blossom, a little bit of greengage, light aromatic herby notes, youthful hints of pear and grapey fruit and a touch of petrol. Lots of things going on here. The wine is impressively concentrated, precise and high-strung on the palate with a medium body and ripe, focused flavors of steely minerality, some ripe red apple, a little bit of beeswax, light honeyed tones, a youthful hint of grapey fruit and a touch of fragrant savory spices. The racy acidity lends tremendous sense of tension and structure to the wine. The finish is firm, crisp and lively with very long and quite acid-driven flavors of ripe lemony citrus fruits, some steely mineral tones, a little bit of red apple, light grapey tones, a hint of tangy salinity and a touch of honeycomb.
  
  A very powerful, impressive and dead-serious GG Riesling that packs quite a bit of punch with its ripe fruit, yet managing to feel remarkably fresh, delicate and light on its feet. This is really a head-turner for people who think GG Rieslings are big, ripe, soft and clumsy wines - this wine is anything but! Well, it does show some ripeness, but it doesn't translate to weight or softness in any way. On the contrary, this wine is a great example how one can make astonishing wines that may be rather ripe, yet they don't have to be huge, powerful and extracted to be so impactful. The wine is still so very nervy and tightly-knit that it doesn't feel like it is going to show its potential anytime soon. While a beautiful Riesling already now, I'd say this is a wine that shouldn't be approached until 8-10 years after the vintage. Not particularly affordable at 56,5€, but delivers for the price.

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  6/19/2022 - 3daywinereview.com wrote: 92 Points

  Dr. Burklin-Wolf Tasting (St. Paul, MN): Complex wine with straw, sour apple, pear, minerals, earth and floral notes. Medium plus finish.

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