2002 Rheingau Kabinett
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The 2002 Riesling Kabinett is satin-textured, marvelously pure, and sports a rich flavor profile filled with zesty lemons, minerals, and tangy limes. Projected maturity: now-2009.
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Pierre Rovani
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Lemon, grapefruit and tangerine aromas. Stridently citric on the palate at the same time as it is intensely concentrated in the sweet, almost honeyed side to its pit fruit character. Plenty of invigorating acids and salty minerality in the finish here. For all of the sheer volume of flavor it exhibits, this wine manages to retain a lightness of touch and a dynamic interplay of flavors that can justly be termed Kabinett. In fact, the interplay between sharpness of acids and sweet orchard fruits is a bit overactive at this stage, and some time in bottle may bring more harmony. 1 star.