Merkelbach Mosel Riesling Urziger Wurzgarten Kabinett 2023 bis-hidden this is Merlot from Muscadet

this is Merlot from Muscadet country

Nothing else tastes quite like it

stone-strewn terroir as its more famous neighbor

A mix of Jamaican open and closed top fermentation

Pleasantly well rounded

Merkelbach Mosel Riesling Urziger Wurzgarten Kabinett 2023 bis-hidden this is Merlot from MuscadetSome things never change, and that is the whole point here. For decades the brothers Alfred and Rolf Merkelbach made Riesling in a cellar barely bigger than a garage in Urzig, working their steep slate parcels by hand and bottling wines that felt like they'd arrived from another era. When they finally retired, the estate passed to the Selbach family just down the river, who kept the same cellar, the same old casks and the same stubbornly hands off