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Wine Description
The Story
A classic sweet wine benchmark showcasing the balance between natural residual sugar and soaring natural acidity.
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Harvest & Botrytis: The microclimate of Gräfenberg, aided by humid breezes from surrounding Taunus forests,encourages late-season noble rot (Botrytis cinerea). Grapes are selectively hand-harvested berry by berry late in autumn to capture concentrated sugars and bright acids.
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Vinification & Style: Gentle pressing a...
Wine Information
This wine was labelled as Auslese although the residual sugar levels would justify Beerenauslese labelling.
Residual sugar: 142.7 g/L
Alcohol: 9.7%
97 points – Stephan Reinhardt /The Wine Advocate: "From golden-yellow (not pink) grapes that were slightly shriveled at 100° Oechsle and lost 30% of water, the lemon-yellow colored 2018 Kiedrich Gräfenberg Auslese opens with a fascinating, clear, piquant and spicy bouquet with lemon zest ...
Vintage 2018
ANOTHER "SUMMER OF THE CENTURY" IS IN THE BOOKS...
AND THIS ONE BEGAN IN APRIL!
WARMEST GROWTH CYCLE ON RECORD!
AND DESPITE ALL THAT, OUR KIEDRICH HILLSIDE VINEYARDS NEVER NEEDED
EXTRA SUN PROTECTION!
WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE VEGETATIVE PHASE FROM APRIL TO OCTOBER SET NEW BENCHMARKS: TAKEN TOGETHER, THOSE MONTHS WERE MORE THAN ONE-HALF DEGREE CELSIUS WARMER THAN THE PREVIOUS RECORD YEAR (1947); VIEWED THROUGH THE PRISM OF A SEV...
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Average Bottle Price
| 2026 |
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| 103€ |
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