Press
Rich and textured, offering focused grapefruit and apple flavors, with accents of green tea and stone. This is tight now, with a firm backbone and a mouthwatering finish. Best from 2012 through 2018. 250 cases made. 91/100
Wine Spectator
Like the Bassermann-Jordan, this is quite reserved on the nose, but very good definition with touches of morning dew and lime. The palate is taut, well-defined with sour lemon, apricot and granite, very dry on the finish, superb focus and length. Excellent. Tasted August 2009. 92/100
Robert Parker
89 points
Site-typical decadence – cardamom, musk, faded peony, mango, nearly-spoiled peach – as well as high-toned herbal essences mark the nose of von Buhl’s 2008 Forster Kirchenstuck Riesling Grosses Gewachs. But if you were expecting these to lead to a palate of opulence or textural decadence, think again, because we have here the same bright acids and near hyper-energy displayed by other wines in its collection. Like the corresponding Jesuitengarten, this is relatively spare in its palate presence, pungently persistent and almost severe in its expression of acidity. And such a personality seems to me to fit a bit less well with the inherent character of this site, or indeed with the aromatic signals this wine gives out. I imagine, though, that it will prove fascinating to follow for at least the better part of a decade, whether or not it seduces someone who’s not into S & M.
David Schildknecht The Wine Advocate February 2010
Winemaking
The special position of this site was first noted in 1828. The 6-foot sandstone wall surrounding and protecting the site transfers the heat that is stored during the day back into the vines during the night. This, along with the rich soils of sandstone, limestone scree, basalt and loess, is what creates the ripeness of fruit in this sensual wine. Yield 20 hl/ha. Sedimentation overnight in stainless steel tanks, and then fermentation and storage on the primary yeast in large wooden casts. First and one-off racking at the end of April. Filling for our Kirchenstuck was done in the first week in July. Will improve up to 2025.
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