2018 Rudesheimer Berg Schlossberg Riesling
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Ripe pear and white peach are accompanied by marine and wet stone intimations of the strong mineral undertow that emerges on a dense, lightly chewy palate. Between fruit skin tang and stubborn mineral residues, the finish is invigorating, intriguing and near-indelible, though for now, at least, it lacks quite the clarity or sheer refreshment delivered by several other vintage 2018 Breuer wines. Give it time.
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Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
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Bottled, like all the crus, at the end of July 2019, Breuer's 2018 Rüdesheimer Berg Schlossberg Riesling is very precise but intense and aromatic but also flinty on the nose, where tropical fruit aromas are currently displayed but intermixed with flinty notes. On the palate, this is a juicy, linear, pure and mineral, tightly woven and tensioned dry Riesling of great class and style. It's much less fruity here than on the nose, and the finish is vital, tight and salty but most of all mineral and almost bursting of tension. Exciting and highly promising. The 2018 is not showing a lot today, but it's promising a lot. Bottled with 11.7% alcohol and one gram of residual sugar. Tasted in August 2019.