Weiser-KünstlerRiesling Ellergrub Spätlese 2018 (750ml)

The 2018er Enkircher Ellergrub Riesling Spätlese was harvested at 95° Oechsle and was fermented down to sweet levels of residual sugar. It offers a gorgeously fruity nose made of peach, pineapple, coconut, pear, apple, grapefruit and smoky slate as well as some herbal elements. The wine develops a creamy yet playful side on the palate, where apricot adds to the overall Auslese side of the wine. The finish is quite elegant and persistent. 2028-2048. 93.

According to Alexandra, the Ellergrub Spätlese in 2018 has just a touch more sugar than the Sonnenlay and the same level of acidity, but again, the final analysis was not yet done for this cask sample. In any event, this is a beautiful Spätlese in the making, delivering a deep and properly reserved bouquet of white peach, quince, salty slate minerality, elder flowers and dogwood blossoms. On the palate the wine is very pure and precise, medium-full and zesty, with gorgeous focus and grip, lovely interplay of bright fruit, salty minerality and vibrant acidity and a very long, very elegant and complex finish. Another legend in the making from the Ellergrub in 2018. 2023-2070. 94.