Weingart

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Schloss Fürstenberg Riesling Spätlese 2005

Grapefruit and grass aromas. Sweet on the palate with a creamy mouthfeel of jammy apricot. Medium to long length.

Not the most complex of Rieslings but the stone fruit character of this wine is quite impressive.

Bopparder Hamm Feuerlay Spätlese 2002

Medium straw color. Developing nose with a medium intensity of flint stone, chalk and jammy peach aromas. Off-dry, high acidity, med body and low alcohol. Pronounced intensity of mineral flavors, with peach, dried apricot and tarragon. Med(+) length with a creamy finish.

A light, elegant Spaetlese. At only 9% alcohol the residual sugar is nicely balanced by the high acidity, which gives the pronounced mineral character a further buzz. Even on the second day the wine still tasted like apricot jam spread on a piece of stone, with hints of petroleum. There is a great vibrancy which should give this wine quite some time to live in the bottle. Drink through 2018.