2013 Norheimer Dellchen Grosses Gewachs
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From a very beautiful magnum. Intense aroma of ripe citrus, spicy mandarin and green fruits and just a hint of honey. Rounded and generous on the palate, full of fruit but with a textural delicacy. Spicy and complex on the palate, the spice adding a savoury character to the zesty citrus. Sweet-sour contrast on the very long finish. Seems to be maturing very slowly. (JH)
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Jancis Robinson MW
Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
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The 2013 Norheimer Dellchen Riesling Grosses Gewachs is a fascinating Riesling with a transparent and flinty/minerally and slightly citric nose, very clear, bright and complex. The palate is rich and juicy, quite round and mellow but also piquant, spicy, tension-full and intense. This is a great, powerful wine full of potential. To be served in 5 years from now.
Never the biggest puncher among the Grosse Gewächse, the Dellchen tends to state its case through elegance and finesse, and in this way 2013 does not differ from preceding vintages. It would be true to say that the acidity is more pronounced in this vintage, giving the wine a very lively character and very subtly chiseled purity. It is probably a little less fruity than in previous years, but does have a fine herbal finish to produce the customary complexity. (MS)