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 Vintage2003 Label 1 of 2 
(NOTE: Label borrowed from 2002 vintage.)
TypeWhite
ProducerWeingut Josef Leitz (web)
VarietyRiesling
DesignationSpätlese trocken
VineyardRüdesheimer Berg Schloßberg
CountryGermany
RegionRheingau
SubRegionn/a
Appellationn/a

Drinking Windows and Values
Drinking window: Drink between 2007 and 2015 (based on 10 user opinions)

Community Tasting History

Community Tasting Notes (average 88 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 1 note) - hiding notes with no text

 Tasted by Maestro on 1/26/2007 & rated 88 points: For those of you who would like to experience the minerals and flowery aromas that a German Riesling can offer, but who cannot stand sweetness in your whites, this is the wine for you. Truly dry (like an Alsace), yet with the typical nose and mineral complexity of Rheingau Rieslings. Pale yellow color; nose of minerals, flowers, and fruit; freshness in the palate, with good accidity and some fizzyness. An excellent choice to go with Chinese, Thai, or Indian food. Drink from now until 2011. (1670 views)

Professional 'Channels'
By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (6/23/2004)
(Josef Leitz, Rüdesheimer Berg Schlossberg Riesling Spätlese trocken Rheingau White) Subscribe to see review text.
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Weingut Josef Leitz

Producer web site

U.S. Importer (Addt'l Info)

Riesling

Varietal character (Appellation America) | A short history of Riesling (Uncork) | Riesling (wikipedia)

Spätlese trocken

Wikipedia

Rüdesheimer Berg Schloßberg

on weinlagen.info

Germany

Wines of Germany | The Association of German Prädikat Wine Estates (VDP) | How to read a German wine label | Geographical Information Down to Single Vineyards

#2014 Vintage Notes:
2014 Vintage Report by Terry Theise
2014 Vintage Report by Wine Spectator
"My gut still tells me the Saar (and to some extent) the Ruwer are better overall in 2014 than the more storied areas of the Mosel proper, but those that spent the requisite time living in their middle-Mosel vineyards made some of the most electric and "feathery" Riesling in a long time (maybe the finest in 20 years - yes, it's true!)" - Jon Rimmerman (Of course only a very short historical memory would call the Saar and Ruwer less 'storied' than the middle Mosel - jht)

Rheingau

VDP Rheingau (Official site) | The Rheingau (Wines of Germany) | Wikipedia about The Rheingau
On weinlagen.info

The small but fine wine-growing area Rheingau offers one for the culture of the vine ideal microclimate and best soil conditions. The Rhine runs uninterruptedly almost one thousand kilometres from Basel up to its muzzle into the North Sea, in a northerly direction. With a short exception - the Rheingau. The Rheingau mountains force the river to a change in direction here. The vineyards falling in this region to the south stretch really to the sun. The king of the white wines, the Riesling, finds ideal local conditions for the unfolding of his fine fruity and elegant type of vine character on the multilayered weathering grounds with loess, loam and sand additions.

 
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