2019 Wittmann Westhofener Morstein Riesling Grosses Gewachs
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The 2019 Morstein Riesling GG shows a very clear, fresh and open nose with floral fruit and fine iodine notes. On the palate, it's slender and playful, with a fine raciness and a salty lime note as well as delicately pricking tannins. This is dense, juicy and long lasting, even if it is still delicately drying in the stimulating salty finish. Like quite a few 2019s, which should actually be of superb quality, judging by the experiences of early in the summer of 2020, this Morstein is still very reserved, so it would be better not to open it just yet. Its time will come. Tasted at the domaine in August 2024.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
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AP number 19 20. Lively nose. Ripe fruit. Really rather dramatic with a pizzazz factor. But rather hard and underripe on the end. Let’s hope it eventually blooms with the fruit to the fore. (JR)
The 2019 Westhofener Riesling "Aus Ersten Lagen" is pure and intense, with a dusty layer of chalk and intensely fruity orange and lemon juice aromas, opening with a pretty distinguished bouquet with remarkable depth and complexity. Intensely juicy and fresh on the palate, this is a pure, citrus-flavored, silky-textured and mouth-filling premier cru (since this year, it is labeled as "1G" like "Erstes Gewächs" or "VDP. Aus Erste Lagen") with a long and complex finish. This is an extraordinary Riesling, and it tastes as if Philipp Wittmann really feels at home here. Fabulous! Tasted as a sample in April 2020.