2016 Graacher Domprobst Spatlese 10 17
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Very pale gold. Flinty and stony, with only a touch of reduction; some stone-fruit tones to citrus fruit beneath. Racy acidity cuts straight through any sugar, leaving an impression almost of dryness on the smoky, slaty, long finish. Classy. (TJ)
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Tim Jackson MW, jancisrobinson.com
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The 2016 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese (AP #10) is one of three Spätlesen that werew selected in 2016. The wine has a very clear and smoky bouquet of perfectly ripe, healthy Riesling berries and yellow-fleshed stone fruits. Round, lush and piquant, this is a very elegant and stimulating Spätlese with lingering, mouthwatering salinity. The wine is complex but not all too intellectual. It has a ripe but coolish-elegant character with a long, well-structured finish.
Golden Delicious apple and honeydew melon draped in hyacinth make for an imposingly ripe nose and a luscious, perfumed, seductively silken-textured palate. A cooling hint of wintergreen and a gentle nip of apple skin add appeal to a soothingly and refreshingly lingering finish.
A moment of total clarity that will stay with you as long as you live (assuming you like it). Sleek as a marathon runner with a breathtaking herbal-mineral freshness at the finish. Has decades of potential ahead of it.