2011 Zilliken (Forstmeister Geltz) Saarburger Rausch Riesling “Diabas”
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NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:
Saturday, March 4, 2017 - Glass: Riedel Vinum Riesling & Schott Zwiesel Burgundy
Drunk over two days.
Clear, youthful pale lemon-golden color. Clean, medium intense, youthful-developing nose. Very lean, precise, fresh and elegant with aromas of lemon fruits, associations of “dark” slate came into my mind, gooseberry, nettles, and herbs. Very nice.
This wine is “dryish“, somewhere between off-dry and dry. Unexpectedly medium+, well integrated acidity, medium- alcohol (11,5% abv). This wine needs your full attention! Simply swallowed it is just a mediocre-good Riesling. It is not loud or driven by its fruit, but its minerality and phenolic components. Given it time on the palate, swirling it, than it reveals its real beauty. Very precise, lean, perfectly structured, shy, but with enormous tension and pressure on the palate. Juicy grapefruit, herbs, wet stones. Complex and quite long and lingering finish. Certainly just a teen and I am really looking forward to taste it again in a few years. Has a long life ahead.
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Comment posted by m_arcon:
3/5/2017 2:41:00 AM - Nice to see that some 2011 can create an decent amount of pleasure. :)
Comment posted by NoTrollingerPlease:
3/5/2017 3:28:00 AM - @M_arcon: Yes, not based on ripe fruit. Very lean and elegant. I was really surprised :)