2017 Westhofener Kirchspiel Grosses Gewachs
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The 2017 Kirchspiel Riesling GG is concentrated, intense and precise on the flinty nose with lemon peel aromas. Round and intense on the palate, this is a concentrated and salty Riesling with fine tannins and a long and intense fruity finish. Tasted at the domaine in March 2020.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
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Bright lemon is laced with cresses on the nose and in this wine’s zesty, incisive palate impression. Add the vividly chalky sensation typical of Riesling from this site and you have a recipe for an invigorating but almost severe sense of tactile impingement. Smoke and fusel notes add intrigue to the wine’s brightly penetrating finish. I’d give this some time in bottle simply to let it calm down.
Wittmann's Kirchspiel is all about citrus fruit, from the exhilarating fragrance to the zesty sweet taste of oranges, almost spritzy in the mouth with a feel of cream soda. Very seductive but not very dry. (MS)