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Wine Description
The Story
The fruit here comes exclusively from the top, classified sites of Klosterberg, Turmberg and Gräfenberg. It's a blend of younger vine material, as well as first-picked parcels from these sites. As you would expect, it has a more textural mouthfeel - full of pulpy stone-fruit, tangy minerality and potent, racy freshness. It has flesh but veritably dances across the palate. The style is archetypal Rheingau and Kiedrich in particular (i.e. high g...
Vintage 2016
A spring and early summer of record-setting rain led to irregular flowering and triggered widespread outbreaks of peronospora (a.k.a. downy mildew), resulting in sporadic crop loss. August and September set records for drought and heat, catching-up ripening. Leisurely harvest during a chilly, largely clear October and November resulted in outgoing Rieslings of modest but generally lively acidity, moderate alcohol, and understated complexity. (...