2014 Nierstein Pettenthal Trocken
Market price
Buying options
Tasting notes
Pungent lemon and kumquat rinds penetrate the nose, behind which emerge site-typical black tea smokiness and dusty, stony notes. A buoyant and brightly citric palate delivers almost painful, cheek-tugging concentration of lemon and kumquat with their rinds, accompanied by pit-inflected white peach and underlain by crushed stone. Yet the sense of extract richness is almost creamy and custard-like. This finishes with striking clarity and penetration and citric, stony persistence--a relatively austere but impressive exemplar of its great site, and one that deserves a few years in bottle.
Critic scores
Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
David Schildknecht, Vinous
More reviews and scores
Picked late with 28 hectoliters per hectare and fermented in a 1,000-liter Fuder, the 2014 Nierstein Pettenthal Riesling trocken has a somewhat reductive and stony bouquet; it is very spicy and clearly characterized by the red slate soils. Silky textured and finesse-full on the palate, this medium-bodied and filigreed wine shows a lot of tropical fruit, power, finesse, freshness and piquancy. This is concentrated, well structured Riesling with great expression of the Pettenthal terroir. The finish reveals a lovely purity and salinity.
About the producer
Based in the Rheinhessen, Keller is one of the finest Riesling producers in the world, and has set the benchmark for German Pinot Noir.