Gunderloch, Riesling Erste Lage (1er Cru) Engelsberg, 2024 burgundy_wines-template and Rabaja from this year

and Rabaja from this year had the depth to mature into something special

all on the label

Nice roundness

single-cru Barolo Riserva from one of Piedmont's staunchest traditionalists

Gunderloch, Riesling Erste Lage (1er Cru) Engelsberg, 2024 burgundy_wines-template and Rabaja from this yearThe odd one out in Gunderloch's grand cru lineup, and all the more interesting for it. Engelsberg sits high on the hill in Nackenheim, directly above the famous Rothenberg, but its soils are limestone rather than the iron red slate that defines the Roter Hang below. That single geological swap changes everything: where the red slate wines run savory and dark, this premier cru comes across firm, herbaceous, and almost umami savory, dry to the bone and