Golden color, fat legs. Apples and peaches dominate the nose. Only 7.5% alcohol but quite dry in the mouth. Again apples, with sweet pink grapefruit. Slight spritz which made it very refreshing.

Day 2 - big, candied apple nose. The spritz is gone. The wine tastes a lot sweeter - candied apples, citrus, lychees, honey. Frankly, I preferred it right when it was opened.

I have never had a wine from this vineyard , only from its neighbors e.g. the Doctor, Wehlener Sonnenuhr, Ürziger Würzgarten, Graacher Himmelreich. So I don't know if the wine's characteristics have more to do with the vineyard or the vintage. Basically I would call it more "Pflaz-like" than "Mosel-like": fuller flavors, more golden in color, less minerality.

I had the 2001 version of this same wine. I also found it atypical for the Mosel, though in '01 it was really sweet & had lots of tangerine flavors. I'm not quite sure what to make of the Bernkasteler Lay.

I had it by early December. Poor thing never made it to Day 2. Enjoyed it for 12E. As others I had no previous experience with this vineyard (do they only make Kab and Eiswein from this??) so I just attributed the character to the vintage (my first 2002).

I had a few Lays (no pun intended) when I visited. I almost always found them to be good, as good as Doktors, but priced a little better becuase the name is a little less known. I have found that I like most wines from Bernkastle. Better IMO that Piesport wines.

-Brett