2020 Van Volxem Wiltinger Gottesfuss Riesling Großes Gewächs Alte Reben

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 91.7 points

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  4/11/2023 - mattym19 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Nose is peach gummies, apricot, crushed slate, oily. Palate is white peaches, green plums, more crushed slate, long finish. Good stuff here.

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  6/21/2022 - forceberry wrote: 94 Points

  An old-vine Riesling from the Wiltinger Gottesfuss Grosse Lage. The parcel vineyard owned by Van Volxem is planted 120 years ago and the low-yielding vines are ungrafted, growing on their own roots. 13% alcohol. Tasted together with eight other 2020 GG Rieslings.
  
  Quite pale yellow-green color. Fragrant, maybe not that open yet still wonderfully characterful nose with nuanced aromas of ripe red apples and lemon zest, some mineral notes of cold steel, a little bit of youthful grapey fruit, light leesy notes of creaminess and a hint of floral spice. The wine is quite ripe, concentrated and substantial on the palate with its moderately full body, yet showing great sense of firmness, freshness and precision at the same time. There are classically styled flavors of juicy citrus fruits and ripe grapey notes, some steely mineral nuances, a little bit of fresh white peach, light flint-smoky notes of reduction, a hint of tangy salinity and a touch of honey. The high acidity makes the wine feel very firm, structured and focused. The finish is long, firm and complex with dry, palate-cleansing flavors of ripe lemony citrus fruits and some white peach, a little bit of tangy salinity, light mineral notes of wet rocks, a smoky hint of reduction and a touch of fresh nectarine.
  
  A quite big and ripe effort for a Mosel Riesling, yet still wonderfully harmonious and classically styled in comparison to the typically bigger and weightier GG Rieslings. I understand how some can criticize Van Volxem for making such bold and concentrated wines in Saar - a region known for its lithe and weightless Rieslings - but when you look at this wine as a GG Riesling, not a traditional Saar Riesling, this is nothing short of excellent. While the 2020 GG Rieslings as a whole seem to be superb by any standards, this was still among the best wines in our 2020 GG Riesling tasting. Priced according to its quality at 46€.

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