The 2017 vintage was a real character! Spring was warm, and budbreak was in early April, earlier than ever before. However, winter came back brutally with temperatures going down to minus-eight degrees Celsius. The vines recovered quickly, though, and flowering was in mid-June. August until mid-September were comparatively cool weeks, and the harvest had to be done quickly, between September 25 and October 2nd, for the 2017 Heerkretz Riesling GG. Yields were very low, like everywhere in Europe, and they picked just 15-20 hectoliters per hectare for the Heerkretz. The wine opens with a clear and pure, stony rather than fruity nose with lemony and apple mousse notes, and it remains discreet but refined. Full-bodied, intense and sustainably structured by fine tannins and crystalline acidity, this is a mouthfilling and generous but elegant and wide-spanning Riesling with a long, saline and finely grippy but also fruit-intense finish that is carried by serious mineral acidity. It's a great Heerkretz and a real personality. 13% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted from magnum at the domaine in late August 2023.

Enticing, with a silky mouthfeel and charming aromas of rose petal and lychee, while the palate exhibits an exotic mix of elderflower, roasted peach, tangerine and lemon zest flavors. Clean and fresh, showing a youthful attack, as well as great complexity and length. Give this time to harmonize fully. Best from 2022 through 2032. 600 cases made, 30 cases imported.??–AZ??Region: Germany / Rheinhessen Select to Add