Saarburger Rausch, Riesling, Grosses Gewächs, 2022

Name: Saarburger Rausch, Riesling, Grosses Gewächs
Brand: Zilliken
Price: 260.34 GBP

Available Vintages

all 2021 2022 2023 2024

justerini & brooks tasting note

Plenty of peach and yellow fruits in a more concentrated, integrated style than we’ve seen previously. Ripe citrus, juicy with a fine, broad intensity and a little herb cream on the finish. Bottled at 7g/l residual sugar. They seek out the lighter clusters with small berries which are less susceptible to noble rot but are perfect for lending structure to the dry wines. From a tiny 0.4ha section of the vineyard planted in 1880 that remains, despite some obvious replanting, entirely ungrafted. Raised in traditional German fuder barrels for nine months rather than the usual six.

critic reviews

90/100Stephan Reinhardt,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Zilliken's 2022 Rausch GG is mouthfilling, rich, intense and creamy, with fine tannins but little drive and purity. This Rausch has more texture and richness than crystalline Mosel structure and may please Burgundy lovers rather than Saar Riesling freaks. Tasted in Wiesbaden at the Vorpremiere VDP.Grosses Gewachs in August 2023.

DRINKING WINDOW 2023 - 2041

date of review 10/2023

94/100Anne Krebiehl,Vinous

The 2022 Riesling Saarburger Rausch Grosses Gewächs was harvested in the 140-year-old and the 72-year-old parcels of the Rausch, both in the lower reaches of the slope, down to the foot of the slope. The palate is gentle and creamy, concentration and lightness coincide, depth and power align, and there is almost a sense of Williams pear, but always tempered with creaminess. The finish is textured and elegant. It needs time to fall into place, and it will. (Dry)

DRINKING WINDOW 2025 - 2050

date of review 10/2023