Tuesday, June 29, 2021 - 2020 Kabinetts with Howard Ripley (Zoom!): SW-facing site on the Mosel, again on blue slate. 8%.
Powerful wine! Lots of concentration from 100yo vines. Quite different – more savour and more honey. Aromatic, slightly lactic nose, with some green vegetation and a tropical undertone. Quite full in the mouth, tropical at first, then moving into lime and clementine and a creamy midpalate. Marmitey finish. Needs time for the sweetness and acidity to marry up fully.