Reichsgraf Von Kesselstatt Josephshofer Riesling Auslese Gold Capsule Fuder A P #6

點(diǎn)擊次數(shù)：1875

The Kesselstatt 2007 Josephshofer Riesling Auslese Long Gold Capsule #6 (that number a nickname for this bottling, not an A.P.#) leads with caramel, white raisin, and prickly pungency of candied citrus zest and brown spices. Opulent, spicy, caramelized, and obviously far-gone on botrytis, the palate here nevertheless harbors springs of refreshing pink grapefruit juice, salinity, and energy. For the time being, though (and the next decade, I suspect), the finish here is somewhat overwhelmed by its sheer sweetness. A protracted harvest is almost bound to be especially beneficial for an estate with such enormous and widely-scattered vine acreage as that of von Kesselstatt. The acidity in this year’s collection is almost uniformly ripe, and often noticeably low. As usual, a certain austerity accrues to a fair share of Kesslestatt’s many trocken Rieslings (wines from whose labels the last vestiges of Pradikat designations have now disappeared), but happily, alcoholic heat was scarcely a problem here this year. Interestingly, the Saar wines among these were generally especially successful regardless of style. Annegret Reh’s plan in the Kabinett segment, incidentally, is to eventually eliminate the redundancy of having both feinherb (successors to former halbtrocken) and unabashedly sweet bottlings from a single site, but instead work in the direction of merely discreet – i.e. feinherb – sweetness for most of the estate’s Kabinetts. In a sweet style, the Kesselstatt Kabinetts have consistently represented excellent values with ready market-availability, whereas few of the drier Kabinetts (and virtually none of the estate’s trocken Rieslings) seem to make it to the U.S.Various importers including: P. J. Valckenberg International, Tulsa, OK; tel (918) 622-0424.