2021 Dr. Bürklin-Wolf Langenmorgen Grand Cru
| Type of Wine | White |
|---|---|
| Country | Germany |
| Region | |
| Winery | |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Grape | |
| Content (Alc) | 0.75 ltr (12.5%) |
| Drink window | 2025 - 2050 |
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Description
Bürklin-Wolf owns vineyards in the most famous "Lagen" of the Mittelhaardt. The company owns vineyards in different Layers (vineyards) in the towns of Forst, Deidesheim, Ruppertsberg and Wachenheim. Bürklin-Wolf uses the Burgundian model of the quality pyramid for the classification of dry Riesling wines. In this model, terroir, yield and degree of ripeness of the grapes are taken into account, so Grand Cru (GC) and Premier Cru are used. Bürklin-Wolf is a member of the VDP (Verband Deutscher Prädikats- und Qualitätsweingüter) but nevertheless does not use the term Grosses Gewächs.
The total Grosses Gewacht vineyard is 7 ha. large, of which Burklin-Wolf has the most beautiful part, but that is only 0.68 ha. big. A "Morg" is an old surveying term and indicates the piece of land that one man could work in one morning and this is where the name Langenmorgen comes from because for 0.68 a man is working for a little longer than a morning for maintenance, so a Long Morning!
The dr. Bürklin-Wolf Langenmorgen Grand Cru is the most iconic and scarce wine with very high ratings every year (always between 95-100 points). This part of the vineyard contains ferruginous and calcareous sandstone with loess deposits that provide minerals and warmth.
The dr. Bürklin-Wolf Langenmorgen Grandcru is a very nice wine. Due to the proximity of the forest, there are large differences between day and night temperatures, resulting in a wine with developed fruit and great clarity. It opens with pure flinty notes of crushed stone and perfectly ripe and elegant fruit that are seamlessly intertwined with the challenging stony/spicy and even salty notes. Intense and elegant on the palate, this is a full-bodied, dense and juicy Riesling that doesn't seem bone dry, but has a serious tannic grip, revealing great aging potential. Very long and complex. It is promising and has a certain creaminess in texture.
FACT: In the Tab: Appendix you will find the official fact sheet of this fine wine. We will automatically send it to you when you order this wine. The wine is in our conditioned Wine Warehouse and if you come to pick up the wine you will also receive a nice discount. We are almost next to the national road with plenty of parking space. Click here for address
Specifications
| Block Bundle Options | No |
|---|---|
| Type of Wine | White |
| Country | Germany |
| Region | Pfalz |
| Winery | Dr. Bürklin Wolf |
| Grape | Riesling |
| Biological certified | No |
| Natural wine | No |
| Vegan | Yes |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Drinking as of | 2025 |
| Drinking till | 2050 |
| Alcohol % | 12.5 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 0.75 ltr |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Cork |
| Parker rating | 94 |
| James Suckling rating | 95 |
| Tasting Profiles | Aromatic, Floral, Complex, Dry, Fresh, Fruity, Mineral, Tense, White fruit |
| Drink moments | Indruk maken, Lekker luxe |
Professional Reviews
Parker
The Wine Advocate
RP 93+
Reviewed by:
Stephan Reinhardt
Release Price:
NA
Drink Date:
2027 - 2040
Bürklin's Deidesheim Riesling 2021 Langenmorgen G.C. is deep, clear and stony on the nose, revealing a pure, finely phenolic, aromatic as well as slightly iodine-inflected bouquet of ripe but fresh Riesling aromas. Pure, fresh and enormously vital on the palate, this is a saline, finely tannic and slightly astringent Riesling with green fruit, young and crunchy grip and a tight, linear palate. It remains a bit enigmatic at this stage but already developed well between August (tasted in Wiesbaden) and November (tasted at the domaine). 12.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in November 2022.
"2021 is a classic German vintage," says Steffen Brahner from Bürklin-Wolf, remembering the cool spring with its late flowering. The summer months brought abundant rainfalls, which challenged the vineyard crew, as even more attention and precision with the vegetation was required than in a dry year. "On the other hand, after three consecutive dry years, the periodic rainfall did the soils of the Mittelhaardt good to compensate for the pronounced water deficit." A similarly wet autumn forced them into meticulously early negative selection, and then they proceeded on a vineyard-by-vineyard basis in order to achieve the ideal ripeness of the grapes. This obviously paid off, and Bürklin was able to harvest healthy, ripe and flavorful grapes in all of the vineyards. When I tasted the premier and grands crus for the first time in August this year, I was still a but reserved since the wines were dense and compact but also still caged in their phenolic grip and firm structure. Some months later, in November, the wines had slightly opened up and showed promising qualities, especially in the Kirchenstück, which is again one of the most magnificent dry Rieslings produced in Germany that year. Unfortunately it is very rare and highly expensive, Pechstein and Ungeheuer are more highlights of the 2021 vintage. I also took the chance to taste the 2020 crus, which come from a much warmer and sunnier vintage represented in full-bodied, rich and concentrated but also structured and in the best cases—Pechstein and Kirchenstück again—also tensioned wines. As always when tasting the young and the previous vintage side by side, the sympathy is with the younger. Time will reveal which is the greater vintage: the lean and classic or the richer one.
Published: Dec 30, 2022
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Bürklin-Wolf owns vineyards in the most famous “Lagen” of the Mittelhaardt. The company owns vineyards in several Lagen (vineyards) in the towns of Forst, Deidesheim, Ruppertsberg and Wachenheim. For the classification of the dry Riesling wines, Bürklin-Wolf uses the Burgundian model of the quality pyramid. In this model, the terroir, yield and maturity of the grapes are taken into account, so Grand Cru (GC) and Premier Cru are used. Bürklin-Wolf is a member of the VDP (Verband Deutscher Prädikats- und Qualitätsweingüter) but nevertheless does not use the term Grosses Gewächs.
The roots of the Dr. Bürklin-Wolf go back to the 16th century. The winery, with 86 hectares of vineyards, is one of the largest private estates in Germany and has been managed since 1992 by Christian von Guradze together with his wife, the heiress to the family winery. Although it had been known for its Auslese and Trockenbeerenauslesen for some time, the focus of production shifted to dry white wines, mainly vinified from Riesling. The total production concept of the traditional company Dr. Bürklin-Wolf changed fundamentally and led it back to the top of the Palatinate wines in particular through an extreme focus on quality. The cultivation of the vineyards has been converted since 2005 in accordance with biodynamic guidelines.
Bürklin-Wolf owns vineyards in the most famous "Lagen" of the Mittelhaardt. The company owns vineyards in different Layers (vineyards) in the towns of Forst, Deidesheim, Ruppertsberg and Wachenheim. Bürklin-Wolf uses the Burgundian model of the quality pyramid for the classification of dry Riesling wines. In this model, terroir, yield and degree of ripeness of the grapes are taken into account, so Grand Cru (GC) and Premier Cru are used. Bürklin-Wolf is a member of the VDP (Verband Deutscher Prädikats- und Qualitätsweingüter) but nevertheless does not use the term Grosses Gewächs.
The total Grosses Gewacht vineyard is 7 ha. large, of which Burklin-Wolf has the most beautiful part, but that is only 0.68 ha. big. A "Morg" is an old surveying term and indicates the piece of land that one man could work in one morning and this is where the name Langenmorgen comes from because for 0.68 a man is working for a little longer than a morning for maintenance, so a Long Morning!
The dr. Bürklin-Wolf Langenmorgen Grand Cru is the most iconic and scarce wine with very high ratings every year (always between 95-100 points). This part of the vineyard contains ferruginous and calcareous sandstone with loess deposits that provide minerals and warmth.
The dr. Bürklin-Wolf Langenmorgen Grandcru is a very nice wine. Due to the proximity of the forest, there are large differences between day and night temperatures, resulting in a wine with developed fruit and great clarity. It opens with pure flinty notes of crushed stone and perfectly ripe and elegant fruit that are seamlessly intertwined with the challenging stony/spicy and even salty notes. Intense and elegant on the palate, this is a full-bodied, dense and juicy Riesling that doesn't seem bone dry, but has a serious tannic grip, revealing great aging potential. Very long and complex. It is promising and has a certain creaminess in texture.
FACT: In the Tab: Appendix you will find the official fact sheet of this fine wine. We will automatically send it to you when you order this wine. The wine is in our conditioned Wine Warehouse and if you come to pick up the wine you will also receive a nice discount. We are almost next to the national road with plenty of parking space. Click here for address
| Block Bundle Options | No |
|---|---|
| Type of Wine | White |
| Country | Germany |
| Region | Pfalz |
| Winery | Dr. Bürklin Wolf |
| Grape | Riesling |
| Biological certified | No |
| Natural wine | No |
| Vegan | Yes |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Drinking as of | 2025 |
| Drinking till | 2050 |
| Alcohol % | 12.5 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 0.75 ltr |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Cork |
| Parker rating | 94 |
| James Suckling rating | 95 |
| Tasting Profiles | Aromatic, Floral, Complex, Dry, Fresh, Fruity, Mineral, Tense, White fruit |
| Drink moments | Indruk maken, Lekker luxe |
Parker
The Wine Advocate
RP 93+
Reviewed by:
Stephan Reinhardt
Release Price:
NA
Drink Date:
2027 - 2040
Bürklin's Deidesheim Riesling 2021 Langenmorgen G.C. is deep, clear and stony on the nose, revealing a pure, finely phenolic, aromatic as well as slightly iodine-inflected bouquet of ripe but fresh Riesling aromas. Pure, fresh and enormously vital on the palate, this is a saline, finely tannic and slightly astringent Riesling with green fruit, young and crunchy grip and a tight, linear palate. It remains a bit enigmatic at this stage but already developed well between August (tasted in Wiesbaden) and November (tasted at the domaine). 12.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in November 2022.
"2021 is a classic German vintage," says Steffen Brahner from Bürklin-Wolf, remembering the cool spring with its late flowering. The summer months brought abundant rainfalls, which challenged the vineyard crew, as even more attention and precision with the vegetation was required than in a dry year. "On the other hand, after three consecutive dry years, the periodic rainfall did the soils of the Mittelhaardt good to compensate for the pronounced water deficit." A similarly wet autumn forced them into meticulously early negative selection, and then they proceeded on a vineyard-by-vineyard basis in order to achieve the ideal ripeness of the grapes. This obviously paid off, and Bürklin was able to harvest healthy, ripe and flavorful grapes in all of the vineyards. When I tasted the premier and grands crus for the first time in August this year, I was still a but reserved since the wines were dense and compact but also still caged in their phenolic grip and firm structure. Some months later, in November, the wines had slightly opened up and showed promising qualities, especially in the Kirchenstück, which is again one of the most magnificent dry Rieslings produced in Germany that year. Unfortunately it is very rare and highly expensive, Pechstein and Ungeheuer are more highlights of the 2021 vintage. I also took the chance to taste the 2020 crus, which come from a much warmer and sunnier vintage represented in full-bodied, rich and concentrated but also structured and in the best cases—Pechstein and Kirchenstück again—also tensioned wines. As always when tasting the young and the previous vintage side by side, the sympathy is with the younger. Time will reveal which is the greater vintage: the lean and classic or the richer one.
Published: Dec 30, 2022
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James Suckling
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Bürklin-Wolf owns vineyards in the most famous “Lagen” of the Mittelhaardt. The company owns vineyards in several Lagen (vineyards) in the towns of Forst, Deidesheim, Ruppertsberg and Wachenheim. For the classification of the dry Riesling wines, Bürklin-Wolf uses the Burgundian model of the quality pyramid. In this model, the terroir, yield and maturity of the grapes are taken into account, so Grand Cru (GC) and Premier Cru are used. Bürklin-Wolf is a member of the VDP (Verband Deutscher Prädikats- und Qualitätsweingüter) but nevertheless does not use the term Grosses Gewächs.
The roots of the Dr. Bürklin-Wolf go back to the 16th century. The winery, with 86 hectares of vineyards, is one of the largest private estates in Germany and has been managed since 1992 by Christian von Guradze together with his wife, the heiress to the family winery. Although it had been known for its Auslese and Trockenbeerenauslesen for some time, the focus of production shifted to dry white wines, mainly vinified from Riesling. The total production concept of the traditional company Dr. Bürklin-Wolf changed fundamentally and led it back to the top of the Palatinate wines in particular through an extreme focus on quality. The cultivation of the vineyards has been converted since 2005 in accordance with biodynamic guidelines.