Rüdesheim Berg Roseneck Riesling Trocken

Score

94

"A very impressively structured, maturing dry riesling that has a touch of toast (some would say petrol), but also stacks of candied-citrus character. Compact structure and racy acidity on the medium- to full-bodied palate. So much drive at the stony finish. From organically grown grapes with Fair'n Green certification. Drink or hold."

Score

95

"The 2017 Riesling Rüdesheimer Berg Roseneck is always a late release; the 2017 is the current vintage. It is bottled the year following the harvest but only sold with bottle age. The 2013 vintage was the first to be held back for late release. There are no rules, the 2018 came out in 2022. This year sees the release of 2017. The nose is imbued with a hint of petrol that soon verges into lemon-pervaded beeswax and dried lemon peel. The lemon lift almost has a sinus-clearing vividness; later, wet and dry hay notes complete the picture. The palate brings the same unfrilly honesty: there is something naked and bright about the clean-cut palate with edges of earthy yeast and subtle beeswax. Its texture, however, is strait-laced, clean-cut, concentrated and incisive with vivid stony-earthy depth. It is alluring in a self-possessed, self-evident way with yeasty richness and lemony length. (Bone-dry)"