Riesling Sankt Nikolaus Grosses Gewächs 2020, PJ Kühn

Sankt Nikolaus Grosse Lage viinamarjaistandus asub Oestrich-Winkeli külast läänes, otse Rheini jõe ääres. Selle suurus on 9,93 hektarit, millest Peter Jakob Kühnile kuulub 0,96 hektarit. Pinnas on lössmuld lubja ja kruusaga. Kühni viinapuud selles istanduses on 30-70 aastat vanad ja vaid 150 m kaugusel voolav Rheini jõgi peegeldab viljapuuaedadele päikest, mis aitab kaasa viinamarjade optimaalsele valmimisele.

95-96/100p The Wine Advocate: To be released in September 2022, the 2020 Sankt Nikolaus Riesling trocken GG opens with an intense but refined and finely flinty nose of ripe and juicy lemons and crisp grapes seasoned with spicy notes of weathered stone plates. Pure, enormously vital and vibrant on the palate, this is a salty, crunchy and youthful, beautifully fresh and promising Sankt Nikolaus that could develop to a twin of the 2019. The finish is a bit richer at this early stage and the wine is more nervous and not as round, but that´s a question of time. Tasted in April 2022 from the tank that was ready to be bottled the next day.