2016 Erdener Pralat Auslese Goldkapsel
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The 2016 Erdener Prälat Riesling Auslese Gold Capsule has a clear and remarkably fine raisin flavor with elegant flinty notes. Pure, piquant and racy on the palate, this is an intense, lush and highly promising Auslese with stunning, vital acidity. It's pure and concentrated, very salty and long—an impressive, terroir-driven Auslese from one of the greatest Riesling terroirs on planet wine. Mouthwateringly salty in the finish. This is the GK Auslese AP 58 17. It's tight and tensioned.
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Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
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Whether it’s a function of the site or of the level of botrytis, this leaves behind the primary juiciness that characterized the “regular” Loosen Auslesen of the vintage. But it’s lovely nonetheless. Orange and muskmelon are mingled with decadent lily, headily sweet gardenia and musky peony both on the nose and on an expansive, glycerol-rich palate loaded with inner-mouth perfume. That perfume, like the wine’s ripe fruit flavors, lingers impressively, if without much animation. (This was bottled shortly after my late July 2017 visit.)