Finally a classic vintage again! After three exceptionally good, but also dry vintages, there was sufficient precipitation on the Mittelhaardt in all phases of the year in 2021. This was very welcome, but forced the team around field manager Jan Hock to pay a lot of attention to plant protection during the vegetation phase and a rigorous harvest in the wet autumn, which was also wet. In view of its youthfulness, it is surprisingly open, but is much more characterized by mineral smokiness and spice than by fruity aromas. Bone dry, very direct and quite tart in the finish. Crystalline, clear and very long. On the palate red and yellow apple, peach, grapefruit and lemon juice. Above all, however, minerality and spiciness are most closely and beautifully interwoven. Slim, if minerality and extract weren't so defining, one could also describe it as filigree. In the finish it shows its dark side: barren, pure stone, dark tobacco, bay leaf. Here it does not correspond at all to the image of the baroque Palatinate Riesling, with which the UNGEHEUER is often associated. A classic vintage and a very classic UNGEHEUER. Supplied in a wooden box of 6.