2015 Urziger Wurzgarten Spatlese
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Fresh strawberry and lime laced with cress offer a bracing aromatic and palate impression, and bright, infectious juiciness carries into an invigoratingly zesty and mouthwateringly salt-tinged finish. As befits Riesling of Mosel origins, wet stone runs like a cantus firmus through this entire delightful performance, whose supportive sweetness knows when to back off in the interest of clarity and refreshment.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
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On the nose, Loosen's 2015 Ürziger Würzgarten Riesling Spätlese (AP 27 16) is clear and delivers bright fruit and some flinty slate aromas, but it is still pretty reductive and you can hardly identify it as a Würzgarten. Light, round, lush and piquant, it has a vital acidity and firm structure. This elegant 8.5% alcohol Spätlese is a very stimulating and finessed Riesling with a good finish.
Tank sample. Dense and spicy indeed! Very winning and juicy. Old style in a way… (JR)