P. Licht-Bergweiler
Graacher Himmelreich Auslese Riesling
Mosel, Germany
My last of a three-pack. Consistent throughout, and a reminder each time to drink more German wines.
I wasn’t yet born when this wine was made, and that always makes a wine fun (even if the wine isn’t great). Out of my three, the cork stuck to this one more than the others. Gorgeous golden yellow in the decanter. Plenty of lychee, golden apple, apricot, honeyed stone fruits aromatically. A wine you’d be perfectly fine smelling over the course of an evening. 8.5ABV. Possesses the quality only aged Riesling can provide of a rich weightlessness. On the sweeter side for Auslese, but not overly so. Still sporting good acidity. Botrytis is easily detected, but it’s so well integrated to the profile of the wine. Not getting better, but hanging in there well (especially with Thai food/Oktoberfest food).
My last of a three-pack. Consistent throughout, and a reminder each time to drink more German wines.
I wasn’t yet born when this wine was made, and that always makes a wine fun (even if the wine isn’t great). Out of my three, the cork stuck to this one more than the others. Gorgeous golden yellow in the decanter. Plenty of lychee, golden apple, apricot, honeyed stone fruits aromatically. A wine you’d be perfectly fine smelling over the course of an evening. 8.5ABV. Possesses the quality only aged Riesling can provide of a rich weightlessness. On the sweeter side for Auslese, but not overly so. Still sporting good acidity. Botrytis is easily detected, but it’s so well integrated to the profile of the wine. Not getting better, but hanging in there well (especially with Thai food/Oktoberfest food).