Descripción

El viñedo del que procede la Riesling con el que está elaborado este blanco es mencionado desde el siglo XII en Rheingau. Un blanco noble, con exquisita mineralidad y un equilibrio magnífico entre acidez y dulzor. Tiene un potencial de guarda enorme. Destacable unanimidad de Parker y James Suckling otorgándole 96 puntos, uno más que la añada anterior.

Ficha técnica

Tipo
Blanco
Añada
2018
Grado
9.0% vol.
Variedad
100% Riesling
Otros formatos disponibles:
Origen
Rheingau

Cata

Nariz
Aromas de fruta matizada. Notas de frutas tropicales y de uva.
Boca
En boca es dulce, con un potencial excepcional y una mineralidad asombrosa. Acidez crujiente y rica dulzura natural.
Temperatura de servicio
Entre 7 y 10 ºC.
Consumo
La bodega le augura un potencial de guarda de más de 15 años desde el momento del embotellado si se conserva en óptimas condiciones.

Viñedo y elaboración

Descripción
Viñedo conocido como La Montaña de los Condes del Rin, situada en Rheingau. Pendientes de hasta el 60%.
Suelo
Suelos profundos, pedregosos.
Vinificación
Fermentación en barrica a temperatura controlada que dura entre 6 y 12 semanas.
Embotellado
Filtración antes del embotellado.

Opinión de los críticos

The Wine Advocate:

"I love this wine," says Wilhelm Weil, who remembers the 1971 that he loved so much when he was still a child and stole a sip or two from vat no. 07 whenever his parents were away. "The 2018 Kiedrich Gräfenberg Spätlese is one of the finest in living memories of Robert Weil," he says. In fact, the 2018, based on grapes picked at 103° Oechsle and bottled with 9.3% alcohol and 65 grams of residual sugar, is so clear, precise and fresh as well as flinty, like the generic Spätlese but with so much more intensity and concentration. On the palate, this Gräfenberg Spätlese is lush but enormously precise, piquant and firm, very elegant and complex, with fascinating acidity and phenolic as well as mineral grip and tension. A fascinating wine and one of the finest Spätlese in Germany from the 2018 vintage. So mouthwatering and stimulating due to a low pH level and 10 grams of total acidity. However, Weil says the freshness is thanks to the "Bernsteinsäure" that characterizes many of the 2018s.

James Suckling:

A very complex array of pure and intense citrus fruit with grapefruit, lemon, kumquat and lime. Minerals and flowers add interest, too. The palate is phenomenal, so melded together with a perfect fusion of acidity and sugar, which is the essence of great Spätlese. The ripe peaches and mangoess are stunning. So long and so balanced. Incredible. Drink or hold.