2016 Niederberg Helden GG 23 17
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Straight from the bottle, the 2016 Niederberg Helden Riesling "GG" offers a clear, very complex and pure bouquet of crushed stones and citrus fruits. The other day (from the same bottle), the wine showed much more fruity aromas on the more developed and intense bouquet. Full-bodied and concentrated on the palate, with lush and elegant, very persistent and mineral-flavored fruit (with juniper flavors), this is a rich, powerful, very juicy but also silky and crystalline Helden grand cru with a very long and structured finish. There are some tannins in the aftertaste (due to a bit of newer oak perhaps?). Tasted March 2018.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
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This tingles with life. You can practically hear the micro-organisms going about their business. Very pure – even very slightly bitter. No artifice. Bone dry with sufficient interest to carry it. Woop de doo. (JR)