Winemaker Notes
A rich, almost creamy Riesling with great power and significant aging potential. Aromas of ripe peach and apricot combined with minerality and spice give a lot of character to the wine. Enjoy this wine in its youth for freshness and vitality but it will also continue to age beautifully.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
The very impressive nose leads with peaches and apricots, before moving into heady pastry territory, where bread crust and Danish pastries are in no short supply. The weighty body is supported by blistering acidity, and that makes it an extremely structured and sophisticated offering. Very complex and long on the finish.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Bassermann's 2018 Riesling GG Hohenmorgen "VDP. Grosse Lage" offers a bright, clear and elegant nose with flinty notes. Round and lush on the palate, this is a complex, very elegant and intense dry Riesling with stimulating salinity on the sustainable finish.
Rating: 92+
Riesling possesses a remarkable ability to reflect the character of wherever it is grown while still maintaining its identity. A regal variety of incredible purity and precision, this versatile grape can be just as enjoyable dry or sweet, young or old, still or sparkling and can age longer than nearly any other white variety. Somm Secret—Given how difficult it is to discern the level of sweetness in a Riesling from the label, here are some clues to find the dry ones. First, look for the world “trocken.” (“Halbtrocken” or “feinherb” mean off-dry.) Also a higher abv usually indicates a drier Riesling.
This sunny and relatively dry region served for many years as a German tourist mecca and was associated with low cost, cheerful wines. But since the 1980s, it has gained a reputation as one of Germany’s more innovative regions, which has led to increased international demand.