2016 Bürklin-Wolf Deidesheimer Kalkofen Riesling Grand cru

“Green tea, iris, kelp, corn shoots and lime zest inform the nose as well as the at once silken and refreshingly animated palate of Burklin-Wolf’s 2011 Deidesheimer Kalkofen Riesling trocken GC, whose matrix of grapefruit and honeydew melon juiciness is further inflected by smoky, chalky, saline, zesty and iodine-like ping in its long finish. Hints of flint and sweat initially point to a bit of reduction, but that is I suspect wrapped up with and inseparable one of this wine’s most striking positive features, namely its sheer energy. Here is another prime example from this estate of how generously fruit-juicy can be an entirely dry Pfalz Riesling, and of how 13.5% alcohol can lend body and support fruit without being detectable as heat, roughness or inelegance. Plan to follow this through at least 2022. ” 93 points David Schildknecht for the 2011 version, NOT THE 2016 OFFERED HERE.