Winemaker Notes
#90 Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2019
Riesling Alte Reben is characterized by a pleasant note of peach - in the bouquet as well as the taste. It appears intensively on the tongue and the exciting acidity provides it with a hint of freshness.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
While dry and intently mineral, this medium-bodied Riesling explodes with sun-drenched grapefruit, pineapple and lemon flavors. It’s silky and textured on the palate but braced by lime acidity and a delicately astringent finish. It drinks beautifully now yet should improve through 2030.
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Wine Spectator
Clean and airy, with good cut to the apple, green peach and gooseberry flavors, featuring notes of dried mint. The spicy finish lingers, revealing accents of savory mineral and white pepper. Best from 2020 through 2027.
Recognized as a top quality grape here since the Middle Ages, Germany retains its high reputation as a premier source of the finest Riesling. Heavily planted throughout the Rheingau and Mosel, Riesling responds splendidly to these regions’ extreme climatic and topographic challenges. Cold-hardy enough to survive freezing winters, and sturdy enough to withstand the warm sun, Riesling has enough natural acidity to maintain balance, even in wines with the highest levels of residual sugar. While high quality is possible in all points of the sweet to dry spectrum, Riesling typically produces wine with relatively low alcohol, high acidity, steely minerality, stone fruit, citrus, spice and floral notes. With age, Riesling can become truly revelatory, developing unique, complex aromatics, often with a hint of petrol.