Vinified in a new 2,400-liter barrel until summer this year, the 2018 Bernkasteler Lay Riesling GG is intense yet also subtle and pure on the ripe and aromatic yet coolish and refined nose with its darker-toned flinty and fruity notes. Creamy, intense and very elegant on the palate this is a full-bodied, complex and sustainable Riesling with intense fruit, fine tannins and lingering, crystalline, classy acidity. This is possibly not really what you might expect from a Mosel Riesling, but then you better widen your horizon and try the Lay again in 3-4 years. Tasted at the domain in September 2020.