2017 Brauneberger Juffer Trockenbeerenauslese
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A nose-prickling evocation of radish and lemon peel shares aromatic billing with white raisin, flowery honey, nut pastes and vanilla. The palate impression is correspondingly confectionary, but without in the least approaching cloying sweetness; at once amazingly viscous, creamy and rich, it is also buoyant and tinglingly bright. The layering of honey, nut pastes, dried fruits and citrus concentrate just goes on and on in an exhilarating, soaring finish that somehow manages not to forget Riesling’s duty to refresh. Other than botrytis and Riesling, only bees and flowers can render anything remotely like this magical libation.
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Robert Parker
Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
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The 2017 Brauneberger Juffer Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese is super clear, fresh and concentrated on the precisely defined and spicy nose with its tea, stewed apricot and peach aromas and notes of black rocks. The palate is a great mix of concentration, purity and finesse as well as honey, salts and piquancy. The lingering salinity causes a spectacularly long but weightless and stimulatingly salty finish that is not built on power or concentration but on finesse and lightness. This 2017 TBA has great energy, class and tension but is highly refined and endless on the finish. Mosel TBA at its best! Tasted in March and April 2019.