2015 Rauenthaler Nonnenberg Riesling
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From roughly 50-year-old vines, the 2015 Rheingau Riesling Rauenthal Nonnenberg opens with a clear yet intense and concentrated bouquet of white seed fruit and ripe Riesling aromas intermixed with smoky and stony notes that give it a slightly "dusty" haze and austere quality. On the palate, this is a dense, round and elegant Nonnenberg with fine tannins and a very nice sur lie texture. The acidity is delicate and well integrated, but the charm of the 2015 is still discreet. The structure, however, is promising as is the persistent finish. Tasted December 2017.
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Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
David Schildknecht, Vinous
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Bittersweetly perfumed iris, gentian and buddleia mingle with green herbs and sea breeze on a haunting nose, and the buoyant, silken-textured palate perpetuates those elements in luscious liquid form, underlain by wet stone. Superbly long, the finish is like a gently undulating carpet of flowers on stone. Comparing this 2015 with the severe constraints of its youthful 2014 counterpart, what a difference a year makes!