Lay lies within the larger Badstube vineyard, but the two can be blended together. Katharina now bottles them separately as a matter of course. The low-lying Lay plot is particularly prone to botrytis, being both warmer and closer to the river. This has a complex, assertively fruited nose, of white peach, with blanched almonds. The palate is beautifully pure and immediate, with a sense of unctuous density, yet without overt sweetness. Honey and yellow flowers, rather than the white flowers of the lower Prädikats at this early stage, and a long finish.