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2017 Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese #5

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5 $55
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2017 Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese #5

RATINGS

98James Suckling

The kind of concentration you normally associate with BA and TBA has been miraculously crammed into this sleek silhouette of a Spätlese. It also has a diamond-like brilliance that is mesmerizing. The super mineral finish doesn't want to stop!

95The Wine Advocate

...deep and flinty on the complex, intense and concentrated nose. Lush and round on the sensual palate, this is a fleshy but precise and mineral Spätlese with great elegance, mineral tension and serious grip. The finish is long, piquant and salty—in any case, highly stimulating.

94Vinous / IWC

Concentrated pear, quince, apple and Persian melon feature on an effusive nose and a luscious, glossy palate, to which zesty and brightly juicy Meyer lemon lends tongue-tingling, stimulating animation. High-toned floral and green herbal notes waft across the scene. The finish suggests a shimmering interchange arising from a flood of fruit colliding with a comet’s tail of mineral matter. In more prosaic terms, that finish delivers vibrancy, complexity and consummate refreshment.

17.5Jancis Robinson

Ripe lemon and pomelo. Although the sample is very cold, there’s impressive fruit concentration here – depth as well as length, and the acidity is so crisp that the sweetness is significantly moderated.

PRODUCER

Willi Schaefer

Willi Schaefer is 9-acre estate in the Mosel region of Germany that produces only Riesling. It is owned and operated by Willi Schaefer and his son Christoph and it makes highly regarded wines. Robert M. Parker Jr. has written that “Willi Schaefer has been crafting some of Mosel’s finest and most age worthy Riesling for more than three decades…The Schaefers practice meticulous viticulture, vinification and bottling by parcel…”

REGION

Germany, Mosel-Saar-Ruwer

Mosel-Saar-Ruwer is Germany’s most prestigious wine region and it is comprised of the vineyards surrounding the Mosel River and its tributaries, the Saar and Ruwer. This region is the northernmost of Germany’s primary viticultural areas, located on the western edge of Germany just above the northeast corner of France. Internationally Mosel Rieslings are considered among the finest white wines in the world. In Germany and elsewhere, the region’s name is often shortened simply to Mosel, and in fact since 2007 Mosel has been the formal name of the region for viticultural purposes. The references to Saar and Ruwer were dropped for ease of marketing. The distinctively crisp, mineral tasting, acidic Rieslings produced in Mosel are attributed partly to the region’s slate soils and extremely vertiginous vineyards. Many vineyards are on 60 to 80 percent cent inclines along the three rivers. Riesling grapes represent more than half of all the grapes grown in Mosel, followed by Muller-Thurgau, a white wine grape related to Riesling, and Elbling, an indigenous white wine grape often used for sparkling wines.

TYPE

White Wine, Riesling, Spätlese

This white variety originated in Germany. It’s known for its strong flowery aromas and high acidity. Please note Rieslings can have dramatic differences as the grape can be used to make dry, semi-sweet, sweet and sparkling wines.