Winemaker Notes
Sleek and concentrated, juicy lime skins and mango balanced with elegant sweetness.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
Notes of candied ginger lead to the floral, quince jam, apricot and guava notes that add an exotic aspect. This is pretty light for the category, but with plenty of flavors and complexity, remaining bright from start to finish and leaning toward the delicate side. Drink now through 2028.
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Wine & Spirits
Notes of salt and spice balance the sweetness of this Auslese, a punch of passion fruit and pink-grapefruit flavor. It finishes clean, on a lingering floral note, a pretty wine for fresh goat cheese.
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.