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2019 Zilliken Rausch Riesling Spätlese Saar

SKU #1517051 96 points James Suckling

Outer quote mark You would be well advised to cancel anything else you were planning to do today, because this is brimming with pineapple and papaya aromas that will suck you into the concentrated and graceful palate. I love the dangerously refreshing finish that's also very silky. Inner quote mark (8/2020)

96 points Wine Enthusiast

Outer quote mark Streaks of white grapefruit and struck slate collide on the nose of this blindingly pure-fruited spätlese. Light on its feet yet powerfully concentrated with lime, apricot and honeydew flavors, it’s an electric sip that can’t be placed anywhere but the Mosel. Medium sweet yet without a trace of sugariness, it’s irresistible now but should evolve beautifully through 2035 and hold longer still. (AI) Inner quote mark (4/2021)

94 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Outer quote mark The 2019 Rausch Spätlese is clear, precise, fresh and flinty on the nose. Obviously based on perfectly botrytized grapes, this is a dense, concentrated, rich and generous but fine and elegant Spätlese from the Saarburger Rausch. The finish is piquant and salty, still young but already stimulating. (ST) Inner quote mark (8/2020)

92 points Wine Spectator

Outer quote mark Lemon and orange sorbet flavors mark this sappy white, whose texture is infused with baking spice elements. Turns more gossamer and detailed on the long, mouthwatering finish. Drink now through 2037. Inner quote mark (10/2021)

K&L Notes

95 points Mosel Fine Wines: "AP: 04 20. The 2019er Saarburger Rausch Riesling Spätlese was made from fruit picked at 101° Oechsle and was fermented to sweet levels of residual sugar. It offers a stunning nose made of yellow peach, grapefruit, lemon, apricot blossom, whipped cream, coconut, and fine spices. This develops the creamy side of a “feine Auslese” on the palate, but the stunningly ripe and pure feel of zest adds incredible juiciness to the wine. Whipped cream, grapefruit, vineyard peach, and apricot make for a feast of the senses in the aftertaste. This sweet wine is simply remarkable. While enjoyable on its primary fruit now, it will hugely benefit from further bottle aging as the touch of sweetness will recede. But the balance and tension are already remarkable now." (05/2020)

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2019 Zilliken Rausch Riesling Spätlese Saar

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Riesling

- While the rest of the world has often misappropriated the name--Welchriesling, Riesling Italico, Gray Riesling and Emerald Riesling are all names applied to varieties that are NOT Riesling--this exceptional German varietal has managed to maintain its identity. Perhaps its biggest claims to fame are its intoxicating perfume, often described as having honeyed stone fruit, herb, apple and citrus notes, and its incredible longevity - the wines lasting for decades. Aged Rieslings often take on a distinctive and alluring Petrol-like aroma. Within Germany, the grape seems to do best in the warming slate soils of the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer. Other German regions that turn out great Rieslings include Pfalz, Rheingau and Nahe. German Rieslings are made in a range of ripeness levels. The top wines are assigned Prädikat levels to describe their ripeness at harvest. These are: Kabinett, Spätlese, Auslese, Beerenauslese, Eiswein and Trockenbeerenauslese. Riesling has also achieved acclaim in France's Alsace, the only region in that country where the grape is officially permitted. Alsatian Rieslings are typically dry and wonderfully aromatic. Austrian Riesling is also steadily gaining praise and fine Riesling is also produced in Italy's Alto-Adige and Friuli, in Slovenia and much of Central and Eastern Europe. In the New World its stronghold is Australia, where it does best in the Eden and Clare Valleys. It is also planted in smaller amounts in New Zealand. In the US, winemakers are eschewing the syrupy sweet versions of the 1970s and 1980s, instead making elegant and balanced wines in both California and Washington State.

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Germany

- Thanks to a recent string of excellent vintages and to the reemergence of Germany onto the international wine writing scene, this is a country that's hot, hot, hot! Germany is divided into 13 wine Region and produces a very wide variety of wine styles, from incredibly high-acid, dry wines to some of the sweetest, most unctuous concoctions on the planet and even a few surprisingly hearty reds. Most of the highest-quality wines are grown on steep banks along the rivers in these Region. Small vineyards are still mostly hand tended and picked, due to the difficult nature of mechanization on these slopes. White wine production accounts for nearly 80% of the total with Riesling being the most important varietal, though Muller-Thurgau is still more widely planted.

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