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Erdener Herzlei Riesling Spatlese Alte Reben Goldkap, Weingut Dr. Hermann 2018

Tasting Notes

The 2018 Erdener Herzlei Riesling Spätlese Alte Reben (Gold Capsule) is from Hermann's oldest vineyard that is populated with 125-year-old vines on blue-gray slate, with 10,000 vines per hectare. The bouquet is deep, smoky/flinty, very intense and generous but super precise. On the palate, this is a lush, super precise, elegant and persistently salty Spätlese with a piquant, lush, highly stimulating finish. This is a fabulous, tropically-flavored Herzlei that should be in the cellar of any serious Riesling aficionado. Just two fuders (2,700 bottles) were produced. The wine was bottled in early March with 7.5% alcohol, 95 grams per liter of residual sugar and a total acidity of 6.4 grams per liter. Tasted in March 2019. 2019-2050

96
Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate (243), June 2019
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