Max KilburgRiesling Ohligsberg Spätlese 2023 (750ml)
Country:
Germany
Unit Type:
750ml
Estimated Price:
$40
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The Ohligsberg is considered, by nearly every German winemaker we speak with, among the top sites of the Mosel. It has a great exposure, so warmth and ripeness is not a problem, yet parts of it are also tucked into a side-valley of sorts and the wines benefit from the cool breezes that slide down the valley. As such, the wine is both powerful and deep – not lavish exactly but it often presents a darker, deeper fruit tone, more than one taster has noted a familial similarity with Domprobst for those who know Willi Schaefer’s taut Baroque scultpures from this vineyard. At the same time the wine lacks nothing for firmness, electricity, structure.
| Country | Germany |
|---|---|
| Unit Type | 750ml |
| Alcohol | 9% |
| Wine Class | Still White |
| Pack Size | 12 |
| Address | Mosel |
| Estimated Price | $40 |
| Mosel Fine Wines | The 2023er Ohligsberg Riesling Spätlese, as it is referred to on the consumer label, was made with 20-30% botrytized fruit picked at 88° Oechsle on up to 40-year-old vines in the upper part of the Brauert section of the vineyard and was fermented spontaneously in stainless-steel tank down to sweet levels of residual sugar (72 g/l). This hay-colored wine offers a superb even if still slightly reduced nose made of tangerine, pear puree, passion fruit, bergamot, apricot blossom, creamy elements, and smoke. It is superbly intense and beautifully playful on the palate, and leaves a great multi-layered feel of orchard fruits, minerals, and subtly almond-infused cream in the long and focused finish. This is a sumptuous expression of Spätlese to enjoy over many decades! | No 74 Dec 2024 |