Schlossgut Diel Dorsheimer Goldloch Riesling Spätlese

Score

95

"Very ripe, but no less graceful, this is an extremely refined wine for this category with hints of vanilla and floral honey. Long and complex mineral finish with great freshness. Drink or hold."

Score

92

"The peaches and Persian melon here are riper in scent and even more luscious on the polished palate than in the corresponding Kabinett. There is an alluring suggestion of creaminess to flatter the fruit, which takes on a quince-like, honeyed glaze in the soothingly-sustained, stone-lined finish. This lacks quite the complexity or in particular the savory dimension of that Kabinett; but it boasts equally adept integration of residual sugar for a balanced and by no means overly-sweet effect. Incidentally, this was raised in cask; its Pittermännchen counterpart in tank."