2016 Kinheimer Rosenberg Spatlese GrK
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Molitor's 2016 Riesling Kinheimer Rosenberg Spätlese (Green Capsule) offers a clear and very elegant nose with fine and intense but not overly aromatic fruit aromas. Lush and piquant on the delicate palate, with fine slate flavors, delicate tannins and a persistent mineral structure, this is a tensioned, firm and vibrant Spätlese of remarkable class. It's not spectacular in terms of flavors, but its expression and length are nothing but spectacular. The fruit is still covered a bit in the finish, but I suppose this will change over the years. This wine is made for aging anyway.
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Ripe pear is draped with clover and honeysuckle on the nose as well as on a texturally refined, subtly creamy palate underlain by wet stone. An influx of salinity serves for saliva-inducement on a lusciously lingering finish.
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.