2016 Riesling Rheingau Holle GG

The 2016 Rheingau Riesling Hochheim Hölle "GG" / "Grosse Lage" is pure, fresh and complex on the nose, displaying chalk and crushed stone aromas along with bright Riesling notes. On the palate, this is a pure, lean but complex and highly elegant Riesling with a long, salty, tensioned, even slightly creamy but very well-structured finish. The acidity is very delicate, the aftertaste chalky, salty and complex, and the wine doesn't weigh heavy. Keep it in your cellar for another 4 or 5 years; it will certainly pay back.

Anything but dramatic. This wine grows on you slowly until, step by step, it has taken over your soul. Enormous depth and polish make this a wine that after a couple of years in the bottle ought to be a match for almost any dry white on the planet. Drink through 2050.

The Hölle has a refined aromatic quality on the nose, subtle nuances of local fruit and a delicate notion of minerality entice rather than overwhelm the olfactory faculties. As if the fruit of peach, lime and a salty tang were not enough to stimulate the taste buds, delicate bitter-peel notes and a refreshing acidity lift this Grosses Gewächs into the realms of complexity. A Rheingau classic! (MS)