Gunderloch, Riesling Erste Lage (1er Cru) Engelsberg, 2024 burgundy_wines-template Red slate is the wild

Red slate is the wild card

Volker Eisele Family Estate

structured and built for the long haul

A love letter to old Cinsault from one of the Swartland's most original voices

and Rabaja from this year had the depth to mature into something special

Gunderloch, Riesling Erste Lage (1er Cru) Engelsberg, 2024 burgundy_wines-template Red slate is the wildThe odd one out in Gunderloch's grand cru lineup, and all the more interesting for it. Engelsberg sits high on the hill in Nackenheim, directly above the famous Rothenberg, but its soils are limestone rather than the iron red slate that defines the Roter Hang below. That single geological swap changes everything: where the red slate wines run savory and dark, this premier cru comes across firm, herbaceous, and almost umami savory, dry to the bone and