2018
37.5cl
DP
£56.54
vintage
portfolio
2018
37.5cl
DP
£56.54
2018
6x37.5cl
DP
£339.29
2018
75cl
DP
£108.90
2018
6x75cl
DP
£653.38
2018
3x1.5L
DP
£677.38
A fabulous nose that offers up salty slate, then peaches and honey. The texture here is fine silk, as this caresses the palate, dropping the freshest fruit notes of the range, sun kissed peaches, red apple and grapefruit flavours stream across the palate, all drenched in acacia honey. It immediately brings to mind the opening bars of The Beatles’ “Across the Universe”. And for all the rich seduction the honey brings, there’s a kiss of fine acidity and freshness on the finish. “Goldcaps are built of many fine layers” Hano opined. This one certainly seems to be.
The life of a Saar Riesling grower is not an easy one. Possibly one of the coldest and most marginal corners of Germany, the Saar can produce some of the world’s great white wine in hot sunny years such as 1990. However, these are usually outnumbered by cold wet years resulting in over astringent and unripe wines. There are a small band of growers though who have a distinct advantage over the rest in the land that they own. A handful of Saar vineyards are steep enough and exposed enough to ensure a decent level of grape ripening even in poor years. Hanno Zilliken is fortunate enough to have sizeable holdings in Saarburg’s great vineyard, the steep south-facing Rausch. He exploits these slate based vines to the maximum through careful pruning and hand selection. When the wine is pressed, it gently descends by gravity into the oak casks lying in Hanno’s dark damp cellars. The wines are prime examples of Saar Riesling, being mouthwateringly taut, mineral and sophisticated.
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