2016 Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Spatlese GK
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The 2016 Riesling Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Spätlese (Golden Capsule) has deep, clear and flinty bouquet of perfectly ripe and healthy fruits. Lush, round and elegant on the palate, this is a very delicate and harmonious Spätlese from Molitor's most important grand cru. Its finish is salty-piquant, very precise and tickling, showing stimulating grip and mineral tension. Keep it for another 5 to 10 years. Tasted March 2018.
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Mosel Fine Wines
Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
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This is still quite reduced at this early stage, and only timidly reveals some yellow peach, cassis, brown sugar wrapped into dried flowers, almond cream and smoke after airing. The wine combines creamy fruity presence with an airy and delicate texture on the quite rich palate. The finish is slightly sweet at this early stage, but the presence of a most refined touch of ripe acidity in the finish makes us yearn to try this rich Spätlese at maturity, when the sweetness-acidity balance will have been reached. Oct 2017, www.moselfinewines.com, Drink: 2026-2046
About the producer
Markus Molitor is now among the largest privately owned wine estates in the Mosel and also one of the best. With a focus on single-vineyard expressions, the estate produces between 80 and 90 different wines each vintage.