Merkelbach Mosel Riesling Urziger Wurzgarten Kabinett 2023 OLDRIOJA aged forever in old American

aged forever in old American oak

The same long

ambient yeasts

so pour it generously to kick off your next dinner party

Merkelbach Mosel Riesling Urziger Wurzgarten Kabinett 2023 OLDRIOJA aged forever in old AmericanSome 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