Eva Fricke's 2022 Lorch (Riesling) is very reductive on the nose, even after shaking, yet indicates ripe and intense Riesling fruit yet still a very yeasty one. Elegant and fine on the palate, this is a tight, fresh and elegant but still discreet and undeveloped Lorcher with fine phenolics and a savory-saline finish. 12.5% stated alcohol. Screw cap. Tasted at the domaine in September 2023.

The 2017 Lorch Riesling Trocken is densely aromatic and flinty on the crunchy/slatey nose with yeasty notes and good depth and intensity. Marvelous. On the palate, this is a crystalline but lush, generous, highly elegant and refined dry Riesling with perfect roundness and a persistent, very well-structured finish. This is an ambitious village wine on a premier cru level from 25- to 30-year-old vines in the Lorcher crus Kapellenberg, Krone, Schlossberg and Bodenthal-Steinberg.