Also recommended, but no tasting note given. The fact that weather conditions were less felicitous here than in 2007 is obvious from surveying the present collection, but the general trend under director Christian Witte has certainly been to more expressive and better-balanced wines from this renowned estate. Witte explains this year’s absence of Auslese or T.B.A. in terms of the need to clear away early botrytis before it got any sort of toehold and thus insure the material needed for the estate’s Erstes Gewachs, which is now rendered in well over thousand case quantities. (And as of vintage 2008, there is no longer a Spatlese trocken from this estate, but only a Kabinett trocken and then the leap in quality, price, and ripeness to the Erstes Gewachs.) Importer: P. J. Valckenberg International, Tulsa, OK; tel. (918) 622-0424

——J.C.(11/1/2010)—— 90

Ample and off-dry with spunky notes of crushed flowers and fresh herbs. Finishes on a charming note of baked apple. This likable wine is a good choice for a big crowd. ——W.E.(6/1/2010)—— 86