2020 was the third consecutive hot, dry vintage. Fortunately for Tesch, more than 16 (of its 23) ha of vines are over 50 years old and so have the deep root systems to reach water. The young vines did have to be irrigated.
Recognizing that climate change is here for good, Martin Tesch has been doing work in the vineyards to deal with it. In the past, the vineyard work was intended to achieve maximum ripeness, but now, for example, more leaves are left to give more shade by, for example, not cutting the tops of the vines.
In the previous post I posed the question of 2020 or 2019? As outstanding as the 2019s are, I must give a slight nod to the 2020s because of my preference for a more elegant expression of acidity here. (Continue reading here.)