2016 Riesling QbA Feinherb
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The 2016 Riesling offers a clear, fine, fresh and crunchy slate bouquet with delicate but intense fruit aromas. Lean but lush, round and quite elegant, this is a fabulous Riesling that was bottled with 17 grams of residual sugar. Marvelous! Tasted in March 2018 from AP 1 17.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
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Fresh apple and honeydew melon laced with cooling green herbs set the tone for a polished and impeccably-balanced performance. The succulent mid-palate feels caressingly silken, but the wine finishes with delightful refreshment, its sense of sweetness quite discreet. For now at least, it misses the floral and mineral dimensions of its legally dry counterpart, but almost makes up for this in its polished and infectious drinkability.
On the nose the feinherb does not differ too much from the trocken, the core of the fragrance is invigoratingly herbaceous, supported by mere hints of dusty minerality and green fruit. As feinherbs go, it does not make any significant concession to residual sugar, almost crunchy in its fresh, green expression, but shows enough body to handle the authentic acidity. (MS)