lieser niederberg helden riesling spatlese

Schloss Lieser

Lieser Niederberg Helden, Riesling, Spätlese, 2016

Name: Lieser Niederberg Helden, Riesling, Spätlese
Brand: Schloss Lieser
Price: 155.59 GBP

93/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

92/100

Vinous

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2016
75cl
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£21.92
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£131.59
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1.5L
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£51.85
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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Wild ferment notes initially fill the nose before revealing broad spicy earthy notes, a touch of anise, and then red apples. Here the palate has all the ripeness you'd expect from the red soils of the Helden vineyard, bursting with red fruits, berries and ripe peaches.

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Critic Reviews

93/100

Stephan Reinhardt,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2016 Niederberg Helden Riesling Spatlese is clear, fresh and pure but very reduced at this early stage. Lush, intense and racy on the palate, this is a salty-piquant and grippy Spatlese with tension and aging potential. Keep it for 8 to 10 years! Tasted March 2018.

drinking window 2026 - 2046

date of review 04/2018

92/100

David Schildknecht,

Vinous

Mirabelle, pear and white peach on the nose translate into generous fresh fruit juiciness on a polished, silken palate. Honeydew melon adds a ripe and luscious dimension to the fruit as it heads into a sustained, buoyant, slate-lined finish that both soothes and stimulates. The high residual sugar here is entirely supportive and its sweetness unobtrusive.

drinking window 2017 - 2035

date of review 01/2018

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.