Description
“Bottled in mid-September, the 2019 Marienburg GG Fahrlay Terrassen is deep, intense and pure on the nose that reveals a lemon-fresh bouquet of crushed stones intertwined with perfectly ripe and concentrated fruit. This is highly complex on the nose! Full-bodied, very intense and sustainable on the palate, this is an expressive terroir wine from 100-year-old vines on blue slate. Ripeness, richness and power are perfectly interwoven with the salty, crystalline and refined slate acidity, the depth and complexity of the Terrassen terroir. This is a great, persistent, powerful yet refined and structured wine that will be sold in a year but can be aged for 20 years or more. There are tonic flavors on the nose and and on the finish with aeration. A giant. Tasted at the domain in September 2020.” 97+ Stephan Reinhardt
“The 2019er Fahrlay Terrassen GG, as it is referred to on the main part of the label, was fermented spontaneously in traditional oak casks with fruit harvested in a prime terraced part of the blue-slate Fahrlay sector. It offers a remarkable nose made of cassis, grapefruit zest, whipped cream, minty herbs, white flowers, a hint of whipped cream, wet stone, and smoke. The wine is stunningly balanced on the palate, where a smooth and juicy side is pepped up by some finely chiseled and hugely complex elements of smoke, fresh orchard fruits, lemon, and minerals. The finish is remarkably balanced and elegant and the after-taste proves multi-layered, packed with flavors, and full of mouthwatering tartness. Despite the intensity of the flavors, the wine remains engaging and lively. This stunner could even exceed our high expectations as it develops aromatically over time! 2024-2034” 95+ Mosel Fine Wines