Fresh kiwi and lime scent and lusciously coat the palate from Christoffel's 2010 Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Kabinett wreathed with Treppchen-like high tones of herbal extracts. Polished in feel and somehow at once soothing and refreshingly stimulating this finishes with vivid juiciness of fruit; positive tartness serving for focus; and a distinct note of stone. While it might be marginally less winsome than the corresponding Erdener I wouldn't be surprised to see this remain fresh and interesting longer probably for at least 12-15 years. By now at this address it's become commonplace to have Kabinetts that are really Auslesen when measured even by the standards that prevailed here in the mid-nineties - let alone a quarter century ago when I first met Christoffel. But here I must say that despite the analysis this displays real Kabinett-like levity and vivacity. - David Schildknecht