Weingut Christoffel-Berres, “Ürziger Würzgarten” Riesling Kabinett

Check the price...check it again. Your eyes aren’t deceiving you: We’ve uncovered one of the most extraordinary aged Riesling values money can buy. Today’s 1990 was spun from the magical Grand Cru soils of “Ürziger Würzgarten” and has since spent nearly three decades in Christoffel-Berres’ sun-averse, humid-friendly, underground cellar. Bearing an ancient family crest and a jocund prelate admiring a glass of wine, this 30-year-old gem is a stirring masterpiece that so vividly expresses the near-mythical properties of Riesling.It’s bursting with crushed slate and petrol, flaunting impossibly refreshing acidity, and dripping with exquisite layers of delicate fruit. Don’t let the deceptively low alcohol fool you, either: this rare antique is an exotic citrus-mineral fusion that lingers for minutes on the palate with deep concentration and remarkable tension. Just look at the vertigo-inducing precipice that these self-rooted (extremely rare) vines cling to and the made-from-Vulcan, ancient