Fuder Palm, Meyer Sydney (both old vines)
As with most great Rieslings, it is almost impossible to not finish a bottle of Falkenstein once it has been opened.... Bravo Erich and Johannes Weber !
Tropical notes up front give way to a delicious umami-saline-feinherb mid-palate, exhibiting an irresistible piquancy that morphs to reveal such a pure expression of fruit and acidity from this legendary parcel.
There's a zone of temperature for drinking this wine, somewhere between chilled and warm, where the umami thing coupled with a slight viscosity on the palate just lights up, providing Saar Riesling fireworks on the 4th of July ...
What more could you want from a truly great Spatlese. If it's this good now, where will it be in 5 years?
Producer notes:
https://www.larscarlberg.com/producer/hofgut-falkenstein/
https://www.larscarlberg.com/a-selection-of-2018-saar-rieslings-from-hofgut-falkenstein/
Excellent interactive vineyard map showing Mosel Gross Lage (Grand Cru) sites:
https://www.vdp.de/de/die-weine/weinbergonline/region/mosel-saar-ruwer
Paired nicely with a spicy Asian-influenced Sea Bass recipe with herbs and peanuts.
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