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Tesch 2023 Riesling Nahe Trocken Langenlonsheimer Königsschild
Tesch 2023 Riesling Nahe Trocken Langenlonsheimer Königsschild
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The Wine
"The 2023 Riesling Trocken Langenlonsheimer Königsschild is pure yet also intense and reveals a fine mineral core wrapped by precise, fresh and elegant apricot aromas. Very elegant and refined on the first palate, this is a round and juicy yet crystalline and mineral Königsschild, whose limestone soils mixed with loess and loam managed the vintage very well, even in the rainier last third of the vegetation period. The wine comes in with 13% stated alcohol but is light-footed, fine and stimulating, with a long and expressive finish. This is never fat and never rich in texture but an intense and pure Riesling from Langenlonsheim. It's probably the finest Königsschild in Martin Tesch's career. Screw-cap closure. Tasted in September 2024." - Stephan Reinhardt, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate 10/24''
The Winery
In the Nahe region, a subsidiary of the Rhine in Southwest Germany, there are a handful of producers who are perennially at the top of the quality heap, and of those, Tesch is usually mentioned in the top two or three. And some say his 2023s are the best wines to emerge from his iconic cellar.
This vintage is remarkable in another way as well - it is the first time Johannes, Martin's brilliant young son (see image) and the future of all things Tesch, was played a major role in vineyard and cellar decisions.
As usual, Stephen Renhardt's annual Tesch recap in Wine Advocate is spot-on:
"2023 is perhaps the best vintage that Martin Tesch has produced in more than 25 years. Even the Gutswein (the estate wine) is excellent (and inexpensive), but the Lagewein (the site-specific wines) are sometimes magnificent... true Teschians will be particularly delighted with the dry single-vineyard wines. They have now reached a group level at which they might almost feel dizzy, above all the Rieslings from Langenlonsheim, where the winery is located. Laubenheim is used to having two flagships in Karthäuser and St. Remigiusberg. This year, 2023, both are even at the same high level. But at 95 points, they should have reached their final cruising altitude by now. It doesn't get any higher than that, does it, Tesch?"
As usual, Stephen Renhardt's annual Tesch recap in Wine Advocate is spot-on:
"2023 is perhaps the best vintage that Martin Tesch has produced in more than 25 years. Even the Gutswein (the estate wine) is excellent (and inexpensive), but the Lagewein (the site-specific wines) are sometimes magnificent... true Teschians will be particularly delighted with the dry single-vineyard wines. They have now reached a group level at which they might almost feel dizzy, above all the Rieslings from Langenlonsheim, where the winery is located. Laubenheim is used to having two flagships in Karthäuser and St. Remigiusberg. This year, 2023, both are even at the same high level. But at 95 points, they should have reached their final cruising altitude by now. It doesn't get any higher than that, does it, Tesch?"
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