2021 and 2020 Pfalz Riesling GG Part V: Freundstück, Jesuitengarten, Kirchenstück from Acham-Magin, von Bassermann-Jordan, von Buhl, Mosbacher

 

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We finish up Forst with Freundstück, a very good vineyard, but surclassed by Jesuitengarten, possibly the second best Riesling vineyard in the Pfalz, and Kirchenstück, the greatest Riesling vineyard in the Pfalz and maybe all of Germany and the world. This is Forst in all its glory.



ACHAM-MAGIN


2021 (Forst) Jesuitengarten Riesling GG 

Depth, purity, spherical wine, yellow and white peach fruit. 96/A+


2021 (Forst) Kirchenstück Riesling GG

The completeness of Kirchenstück — spherical, pure, long, layered. The Romanée-Conti of Riesling. 96(+)/A+




Geheimer Rat Dr. von BASSERMANN-JORDAN


2021 (Forst) Jesuitengarten Riesling GG

Purity, clarity, yellow peach skin fruit, good acidic support, elegant. 93+/A


2021 (Forst) Kirchenstück Riesling GG 

A bit richer than the Kirchenstück of Acham-Magin, but perhaps with a bit more edges showing for now. But a complete wine with peach skin fruit, length, complexity, layering. 95+/A+




Reichsrat von BUHL


2020 (Forst) Freundstück Riesling GG 

Yellow and white peach, clear, medium-weight, wiry, reductive, pure. 93/A


2020 (Forst) Jesuitengarten Riesling GG 

Fragrant, white peach nose. Light, reductive, rose, white fruits, long, elegant. 93/A


2020 (Forst) Kirchenstück Riesling GG 

Floral, yellow peach. Medium-weight, wiry, nervy, yellow peach. Very good but without the completeness the best Kirchenstück can give. 93/A



Georg MOSBACHER


2021 (Forst) Freundstück Riesling GG 

Elegant yellow peach fruit, long, pure. Medium-weight, round. 93/A


2021 (Forst) Jesuitengarten Riesling GG

Depth, complexity, intensity, layering, freshness, yellow peach fruit, length. 97/A+