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 Vintage2016 Label 1 of 24 
TypeWhite
ProducerWeingut Josef Leitz (web)
VarietyRiesling
DesignationHinterhaus
VineyardRüdesheimer Berg Rottland
CountryGermany
RegionRheingau
SubRegionn/a
Appellationn/a

Drinking Windows and Values
Drinking window: Drink between 2021 and 2029 (based on 25 user opinions)

Community Tasting History

Community Tasting Notes (average 90.5 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text

 Tasted by perisolb on 12/5/2023: Nese: gårdstun, svette, honning
Munn: mindre konsentrert enn forrige årgang. Grapefrukt (339 views)
 Tasted by Bolzano2022 on 7/23/2022 & rated 88 points: • Color: Lemon but toward golden lemon
• Nose: Medium intensity, wet stone, subtle lemon,
• Mouth: Medium + intensity, medium + body, creamy,
• Balanced, finish is not long. (341 views)
 Tasted by ChrisR on 12/8/2021: I read the pro reviews and feel quite inadequate. What, after all, does pulverized slate smell like? For me, I get basically grapefruit -- tart and bitter -- with a suggestion of peach, maybe apricot and green herbs. It has some toasty flavor, like oak, which dissipates into the fruit with some air. Texture-wise, it reminds me oddly of chardonnay, albeit with more acid cut; it's rounder and lusher than I expected, yet still with a basic delicacy that's quite lovely. Intensity without density: I should put that on a bumper sticker. This is my first German dry riesling (I've had plenty of sweeter German riesling and plenty of dry Austrian riesling), and it was quite nice. (478 views)
 Tasted by Bellbx on 4/5/2019 & rated 93 points: Nice Riesling. Earth scents. Wet rocks. Wet clam shells. Pineapple and lemon rind. Rubber hose smell. Quite dry. Nice acidity. Paired well with hummus and vegetables (770 views)
 Tasted by graemeg on 11/21/2017: Rheingau - visiting Leitz & Breuer (Rudesheim): {cork, 12.5%, €38, AP 63.17} 20 years on these vines, so they’re not that old. This wine is all grey, beside its siblings. Maybe some apple aroma & flavour, but all granite and slate. The palate is dry (obviously), but with flavours of roses, flint, herbs. It’s very strange really. All structure; full-bodied for Riesling, with medium/high acid, and medium/long finish. But still nebulous at this age. Partly formed only; come back in a decade. (1405 views)

Professional 'Channels'
By David Schildknecht
Vinous, Rheingau and Mittelrhein Riesling 2016: Stress Test (Jul 2018) (7/1/2018)
(Leitz Riesling Rudesheimer Berg Rottland Hinterhaus Grosses Gewächs White) Subscribe to see review text.
By Michael Schmidt
JancisRobinson.com (8/21/2017)
(Josef Leitz, Rüdesheimer Berg Rottland Riesling Grosses Gewächs Rheingau White) Subscribe to see review text.
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CellarTracker Wiki Articles (login to edit | view all articles)

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)

Hinterhaus

On weinlagen-info

Rüdesheimer Berg Rottland

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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