Forstmeister Geltz Zilliken: Riesling QbA trocken 2011

Katalog über: Riesling QbA trocken

-- Katalog: -- Parker: The Zilliken 2011 Riesling trocken weighs in at 11.5% alcohol, which conduces to delightful levity and clarity such as were also found in its 2010 counterpart. But I was puzzled to learn that its Auslese-level must had been chaptalized by half a degree, and - in Zilliken-s words - here-s why: -Because this is our -straight,- base-line wine and it should be different from our -racier- village level wine, which is a sort of wine that-s not everybody-s cup of tea (jedermanns Sache). Some people want a rounder style of wine.- Be that as it may, the results here, as already intimated, are delightful. A dusty and smoky note I tend to associate with the unusually diabase-rich Rausch is allied to lemon rind in a pungent nose, with sage and cherry blossom emerging to add further interest. A clear, buoyant palate performance captures interactions between stony, smoky as well as somehow crystalline notes; along with apple and cherry juiciness that persists into a mouthwatering finish to which cherry pit and apple pip piquancy add invigorating counterpoint. This should prove deliciously versatile through at least 2017, bearing in mind that the few -simple- dry wines from this estate prior to the new millennium having demonstrated impressive longevity. (Just as in 2010, there was no residually sweet generic bottling, nor is one planned from future vintages.) 90/100