2016 Kiedricher Turmberg Trocken
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As usual, the Turmberg boasts haunting, iris-like bittersweet floral perfume and hints of marine breeze to accompany fragrant intimations of lime, pear and Mirabelle. A silken palate offers juicy fruit profusion with inner-mouth florality and a cooling green herbal infusion. Site-typical, too, is an uncanny animal-mineral savor with a combination of sweetness and salinity reminiscent of raw scallop, though here that savor veers mouthwateringly in the direction of oyster liquor on account of concentrated salinity, deep nutty richness, alkalinity, chalkiness, and positive vegetality. The long finish really stimulates the salivary glands not to mention the taking of another sip.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
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The 2016 Rheingau Riesling Kiedrich Turmberg Trocken has a bright color and opens with an intense and aromatic Mirabelle bouquet. On the palate, this is a pure and salty but also rich and powerful Riesling with great energy and extract. This wine doesn't need any sweetness since its extract is enormous. A great wine. Tasted October 2017.
Lemon, salt and slate on the palate, very dry on the finish, but not quite austere – there is enough fruit generosity to round this out. Needs another six months to settle and relax in bottle. (RH)
The Turmberg may never have been one of the foremost proponents of the fruitier style of dry Riesling, and in 2016 it seems to be more focused on minerality than ever. This does not mean a total absence of fruit, but it is dished out sparingly with more green aromatics than sweet exuberance. On the palate the Turmberg is taut and compact, powerful, yet still reticent, and always returns to its mineral roots. Spearmint, lime and green herbs are allowed to set accents but do not deflect from the rocky core. (MS)