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Lot 824
Estimate: $400
OC. Scuffed capsules, 1 nicked, 3 lightly scuffed, and 3 lightly wrinkled labels.
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"Now we're at the maximum of what could be achieved this year without botrytis," says Zilliken of the 2009 Saarburger Rausch Riesling Spatlese A.P. #6, made up of golden bunches . . . . Pink grapefruit, mango, and pineapple scent and lusciously saturate a palate as saliva-inducing, refreshing, and near-weightless as that of the corresponding Kabinett. But not only is there more effusive and tropically-tilted ripeness on hand here, there is yet richer texture; spicier pungency; and an incongruously enhanced degree of minerality in the form of peat-like smokiness, crushed stone, lip-licking salinity, and somehow seemingly crystalline impingements.â
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"Now we're at the maximum of what could be achieved this year without botrytis," says Zilliken of the 2009 Saarburger Rausch Riesling Spatlese A.P. #6, made up of golden bunches . . . . Pink grapefruit, mango, and pineapple scent and lusciously saturate a palate as saliva-inducing, refreshing, and near-weightless as that of the corresponding Kabinett. But not only is there more effusive and tropically-tilted ripeness on hand here, there is yet richer texture; spicier pungency; and an incongruously enhanced degree of minerality in the form of peat-like smokiness, crushed stone, lip-licking salinity, and somehow seemingly crystalline impingements.â
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The spiritual home of Riesling, producing wines of piercing acidity, precision and longevity across a spectrum from bone-dry to lusciously sweet. Cool, steep-sloped vineyards along the Mosel and Rhine yield some of the world's most delicate, long-lived whites.
Germany's most celebrated Riesling region, its steep slate slopes above the river yielding featherlight, low-alcohol wines of electric acidity, delicacy and extraordinary longevity.
The appellation for Germany's most celebrated Riesling, its steep slate slopes yielding light, low-alcohol wines of electric acidity and extraordinary longevity.
A highly aromatic white of piercing acidity and transparency to terroir, ranging from bone-dry to lusciously sweet. It ages remarkably and is the noble grape of Germany and Alsace.