Keller, Westhofener Brunnenhauschen Abtserde Riesling Spatlese Vintage:2017 Orchard fruit

Orchard fruit

There is both fine punch and volume to the utterly delicious and lightly mineral-inflected flavors that display traces of warmth and rusticity on the otherwise solidly persistent and complex finish

it was not enough

Much fresher and lighter than most

Perhaps it's the combination of centenary vines and a warm and dry year that delivered very ripe and concentrated juice

Keller, Westhofener Brunnenhauschen Abtserde Riesling Spatlese Vintage:2017 Orchard fruitPicked in conjunction with the corresponding Grosses Gewchs, this leads with scents of lemon, mirabelle and quince. The lusciously fruited, glossy but buoyant palate adds an animating tang of seedy white currant that sets up an invigorating and dynamic counterpoint with the wines sweetness and with the faintly jellied aspects of quince and mirabelle that feature alongside their fresh fruit expressions. A cooling inner mouth hint of mint and a faint