2018 Wittmann - Westhofener Aulerde Riesling Trocken Grosses Gewachs
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Bruised apple skin, lemon zest, charred wood and chalk dust make for a pungent but rather austere aromatic display. The palate is pithily concentrated, firm and full. The gripping finish is alkaline, stony and glowing with piquancy of crushed fruit seeds as well as seedy huckleberry. Thankfully, it also delivers tart crab apple and lemon juice to serve for invigorating refreshment.
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Jancis Robinson MW
James Suckling
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The 2018 Aulerde Riesling GG is very clear and fine on the nose. The palate is precise, refined and elegant, yet it's not as complex as the 2017. Tasted at the domaine in March 2020.
Very intense, lemony notes here with dried honeysuckle, apple curd, bright quince and spearmint. There’s a layered, compressed quality to the center palate, despite the impressive power here, and the acidity drives long and pure. Ripe but well-defined on the finish. Drink now.
A generous fruity fragrance exhibits aromas of ripe apple, peach and pear. The palate adds zesty touches of lime and orange to the sweet and juicy local fruit. Healthy acidity, a salty mineral tang and a subtle phenolic piquancy add contours to the finish. (MS)