2020 Domane Serrig Vogelsang Grosse Lage

German winery Markus Molitor, famous for its impressive range of Moselle wines, purchased the Domäne Serrig vineyard in the Saar Valley in 2016. Domäne Serrig is the former Prussian state estate that was founded in 1904 by Kaiser Wilhelm. Markus Molitor has extensively restructured the 25 hectare Serriger Vogelsang vineyard and is now bringing the very first releases to the market. Due to the unique history of the vineyard, the wines are marketed as Domäne Serrig. The first reviews are immediately high: Wine Advocate awards 100 points to the Grosse Lage! The Vogelsang vineyard faces south/southwest and at an altitude of 220-340 meters. After 10 months of lees maturing, the bottles were first stored in the wine cellars for another 2 years. The Kabinett matures in steel tanks, the Grosse Lage in oak Stockinger barrels. Markus Molitor is a German star winemaker and Riesling 'Supermo' with 23x100 points and 35x99 points from renowned critics such as Wine Advocate & James Suckling.

The Vogelsang Grosse Lage 2020 is pure, deep and intense with a spectacularly fine, mineral and absolutely unique nose that reveals concentrated but elegant and spicy-mineral fruit with the typical cool and spicy terroir expression. On the palate this is a medium to full, dense, rich and intense but also refined and lively fresh Saar Riesling with a tight structure and a spectacularly long, refined and salty aftertaste that reveals a serious tannin structure. The wine reveals a great astringency in the aftertaste, indicating enormous maturing potential. This is a wine that sets a new benchmark for dry tasting Saar Rieslings.

DOMÄNE SERRIG was founded in 1904 as a royal Prussian state domain in the Saar Valley; one of the largest and most avant-garde state domains of its time. The domain was privatized in the late 1980s and later acquired by Markus Molitor in 2016. Only then did the domain benefit from extensive recultivation and restructuring of the site. The name of the vineyard is Volgelsang, a 25 hectare monopole of unique quality, south/southwest facing, with vines rising steeply from 150 to 340 meters on reddish slate soils and slopes up to 105%. Purist winemaking with hand-harvested and selected grapes, maceration of the skins (to reduce acidity), pressed through a traditional basket, natural spontaneous fermentation, aging on the lees for 10 months in large Stockinger (Austrian) barrels (3,000 l ) and then another 2 years of bottle aging before release. This topper (and also the Cabinet of Serrig) are distributed by Place du Bordeaux to the official wine trade

"The 2020 Vogelsang Grosse Lage is pure, deep and intense on the spectacularly fine, mineral and absolutely unique nose that reveals concentrated but elegant and spicy-mineral fruit with a coolish and herbal terroir expression. A show-stopping nose! On the palate, this is a medium to full-bodied, dense, rich and intense but also refined and vibrantly fresh Saar Riesling with a tight structure and a spectacularly long, refined and saline finish that reveals a serious tannin structure. The wine reveals great astringency on the finish that indicates tremendous aging potential, the more so since the balance and classicism of this Serrig Riesling is based on about 12 grams of residual sugar. This is a wine made for decades and a new benchmark for dry-tasting Saar Rieslings. 12% stated alcohol . Natural cork. Tasted in September 2023." – Wine Advocate, 100 points

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