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• forceberry wrote: 92 points

  May 25, 2022 - With the 2015 vintage I was told Gruft was the same thing as GG Piesporter Goldtröpfchen, but only bottled in magnums - yet this wine was served from a standard-sized bottle, so I don't know who to trust! Fermented spontaneously. Aged in old oak barriques. 12,5% alcohol. Tasted blind.
  
  Pale lemony color. Varietally correct nose immediately identifiable as a Riesling with its aromas of ripe citrus fruits and crunchy Granny Smith apple, some peachy tones, a little bit of sour apple candy, light floral notes of white flowers and a hint of nashi pear. The wine is dry, precise and light-to-medium-bodied on the palate with intense flavors of ripe, slightly sweetish citrus fruits, some sour apple candy tones, a little bit of apple peel bitterness, light steely mineral notes, a hint of tangy salinity and a subtly lifted touch of VA. Very high and wonderfully structured acidity. The finish is crisp, long and lively with tangy, precise flavors of saline minerality and tart lemony citrus fruits, some apple peel bitterness, a little bit of stony minerality, light sweeter nuances of peachy stone fruits and a faint lifted hint of VA, bordering on subtly acetic.
  
  A very crisp, intense and still so very youthful GG Riesling. Immensely tasty and very promising. At the moment the wine is still a bit nervy and high-strung, but it shows good potential for future development - I'd let the wine wait for another 5 years, perhaps even more, in order to let it show its best. Terrific stuff with lots of upside.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2017
• Type White
• Producer Weingut Lehnert-Veit
• Varietal Riesling
• Designation Gruft Grosses Gewächs
• Vineyard Piesporter Goldtröpfchen
• Country Germany
• Region Mosel Saar Ruwer
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation n/a

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• In Cellars 4 (57%)
• Consumed 3 (43%)

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