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2019 Gunderloch Rothenberg Riesling Grosses Gewächs (dry) Rheinhessen (Previously $80)

SKU #1534377 96 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Outer quote mark The 2019 Riesling trocken Rothenberg GG is quite intense and aromatic right now, still yeasty. Round and a creamy on the palate, this is a rich and concentrated yet pure, lush and tensioned, very long and salty Rothenberg with fine tannins and great aging potential. An enormous wine for Gunderloch, yet I'd keep it for at least 6-10 years before I slowly start to drink it. This is the Gunderloch wine to buy! Tasted at the domain in August 2020. (SR) 96+ Inner quote mark (4/2021)

92 points James Suckling

Outer quote mark Quite smoky and leesy still, this is an embryonic dry white with a featherweight body, but a lot of dried-herb, green-leaf tea, licorice and sea-salt character. With aeration, some peach emerges. Plenty of tannins here, although they don’t dominate, the mineral finish quite austere. Inner quote mark (8/2020)

Jancis Robinson

Outer quote mark The Rothenberg’s fragrance impresses primarily with fresh herbal and mineral aromas, fruit represented by a gentle notion of apricot. The taste is defined by a rich salty minerality, cool herbal notes and a very delicate expression of peach and grapefruit. A firm structure indicates great ageing potential. 18/20 points (MS) Inner quote mark (8/2020)

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2019 Gunderloch Rothenberg Riesling Grosses Gewächs (dry) Rheinhessen

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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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