Riesling Muenchberg

If Clos Mathis was the 'support act', Muenchberg is defintely 'headlining', offering both power and poise all rolled into one! We're back up near Nothalten, on the border of the Bas and Haut Rhins, in the pink sandstone and volcanic detritus of Muenchberg's hot amphitheatre; the sandstone giving perfume, the volvanic rocks the power. Not a shy dry wine at nearly 14%, it's packed with flighty, tiny berries/mirabelles, floral complexity and intrigue.The palate though, as with Clos Ste Hune, gives nothing away, being tightly coiled, compact, in a shell! You'll need to wait till closer to 2020 to reap the rewards of this prodigious wine. Hold tight!
(David Berry Green, Berrys' Alsace Buyer)

Muenchberg Grand Cru Riesling remains André’s flagship wine: a perfect match of vine and site. Only 3km from the winery, with a shading forest above and a cooling stream at its feet, the vineyard’s volcanic and pink sandstone imbue Riesling with minerality and flesh respectively. Still a baby, everything under wraps, held ever so tightly, yet the latent power, poise and angelic shape of this wine is discernible. Defined by a dry, salty backdrop that André searches for, as evidence of deep-rooted minerality (and encouraged by biodynamic viticulture).
David Berry Green