2015 Julian Haart, Riesling Piesporter Goldtropfchen Spatlese * (white label)

Picked in the same parcel as the corresponding Kabinett, but a little later, and featuring the same high acidity, this delivers site-typical scents and flavors of lime, pink grapefruit and black currant, almost as if some Scheurebe had been blended in. The buoyant palate is polished and downright lush in its fruity abundance. The sense of sweetness is entirely supportive and results in an impression uncannily like that of biting into the fresh fruits whose flavors dominate. Salinity, nippy cress and prickly currant skin combine for a mouthwateringly and invigoratingly sustained finish that gushes with fruit while clearly revealing stony and smoky mineral traces.

Picked from the grand cru plot but roughly 14 days before the dry wine, the 2015 Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Riesling Spätlese is clear and bright on the nose but much more exciting on the palate where the creamy texture indicates a hint of botrytis. However, this lush and piquant Spätlese is lifted by the fine acidity and stimulating minerality. Bottled with 7% alcohol, 10.5 grams of total acidity and 81.6 grams of residual sugar.