2008 Querbach Riesling Classic

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  2/16/2018 - forceberry wrote: 88 Points

  Fermented spontaneously, aged in stainless steel on the fine lees. 12% alcohol.
  
  Pale greenish yellow color. Ripe, but perhaps a bit restrained open nose with rich citrus fruit aromas and some vague waxy character. The wine feels broad and full-bodied on the palate, yet almost racy at the same time with focused, high acidity. There are quite high-toned and a bit understated flavors of tart green apples and lemony citrus fruits, some honey, a little bit of chalky mineral bitterness, hints of sweeter white fruits and a touch of beeswax. Overall the wine doesn't feel that expressive and especially the fruit notes feel pretty understated, but overall the wine is still very balanced, attractive and nuanced. The finish is crisp, mineral and very lively with long, dry flavors of wet stones, grapefruit, some lemon marmalade and a hint of honey.
  
  Tasting three Querbach Riesling Classics (2011, 2010, 2008), this wine showed why you want to cellar Querbach wines for long enough before opening them: even at close to 10 years of age, this wine was still very young and somewhat understated, just starting to show the first signs of development. The wine hasn't yet reached the more expressive richness that Querbach wines tend to express at +10 years of age, but it wasn't as closed and understated as the younger wines of this unique producer often can be. Probably starting to drink well within a few years and most likely will keep at least for another decade. If you just let these wines age long enough, Querbach's Riesling Classics are one of the greatest entry-level Rieslings in Rheingau. Ridiculous value at only 6,90€.

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