Riesling Sommerberg Grand Cru 2021

The Sommerberg Grand Cru enjoys a dramatic steep south facing exposure. The vineyard has to be cultivated with a winch, just like the Rangen. The deep decomposed granite is however easier to cultivate but also more susceptible to erosion. It is a difficult vineyard to work but so beautiful and capable to reward the winegrower with extraordinary wines. The soil is here quite deep and the granite mother rock well decomposed. The vines are amazingly resistant to drought as the roots can quickly penetrate the soil. Unfortunately, 2021 is a very small production, the vines having suffered from frost in April and also bad weather in spring. Luckily, the climate in summer was ideal and the grapes ripened perfectly keeping an astonishing racy acidity. Like most other Riesling in 2021, the Sommerberg fermented for an entire year before becoming dry.