Jost’s 2004 Bacharacher Hahn Riesling Spatlese sounds the by now typical notes of grapefruit and jasmine, along with other diverse sweet flowers and mango. On the palate this Riesling is creamy and buoyant, with wafting florality and delicate expression of citrus, salt tinged tropical fruit, but also a firm sense of underlying structure and slate sounding board for that fruit. There has long been a provision for drip lines in the Hahn as a controlled experiment, but Peter Jost says that Mother Nature pretty much delivered the right amount of water in 2004 without technological assistance. This is not the first year in which the starting point for Jost’s wines was a must weight legally sufficient for Auslese. Importer: Terry Theise Estate Selections, imported by Michael Skurnik Wines, Inc., Syosset, NY; tel. (516) 677-9300