2022 Niersteiner Hipping Grosses Gewachs
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The 2022 Riesling Niersteiner Hipping GG opens with clear, deep, elegant and delicately spicy fruit that is still slightly reductive but ripe and concentrated. This is dense, firm and juicy on the palate, with good fruit intensity and phenolic structure. The acidity is fine, fresh and salty, and the finish is long and intense. It's an impressive Riesling from the heat of the red slope.
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Jancis Robinson MW
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So incredibly fine and silky, this glides over your palate, pulling you with it. Frankly grapey, but also flinty with stacks of wild herb complexity. Quite some richness on the mid-palate, then comes the very refined finish with great stony intensity, the tannins expertly held in check. Extremely low yield. Drink or hold.
Tank sample. Red slate, steep slope. Basket-pressed like all their top wines. Rich, spicy ripe pears, riper than in some vintages but still with a peppery minerality. Like the Obere Hubacker, this has the fumy herbal character of spontaneous fermentation but as that blows off, there’s a peachy sweetness to the aroma, greengage. Mouth-watering, intense, precise. There’s power, not trying to impress. Salty finish. Remarkable to get this freshness with this much power. (JH)
About the producer
Based in the Rheinhessen, Keller is one of the finest Riesling producers in the world, and has set the benchmark for German Pinot Noir.