Saarburger Rausch, Riesling, Auslese
    Zilliken

    Saarburger Rausch, Riesling, Auslese, 2014

    94/100
    Vinous
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    1. Last Few

      2014

      75cl

      DP

      £41.87

    Broking
    1. 2014

      6x75cl

      DP

      £256.02

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    Lovely pure flavours on nose, ripe red apple, honeysuckle and citrus, the palate has great clarity and allure - it is hard to remember such an inviting vintage! A juicy mouth-watering Auslese alive with rich fruit but also great poise on the finish. There is not a lot of botrytis in this bottling, just some golden small berries and a little healthy shrivelled material. Very compelling.

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    Critic Reviews

    94/100
    David Schildknecht,
    Vinous
    Reflecting a selection of the most perfectly botrytis-inflected bunches from both young and old parcels, this delivers a drippingly luscious yet brightly refreshing meld of almond extract and honeysuckle-tinged honeydew melon and fresh lime. Hints of mint heighten a cooling and transparent impression that took me entirely by surprise given the impression leading up to it. Buoyant and silken-textured, this beauty – of which there are 4,000 liters – finishes with riveting sheer intensity and a shimmering sense of interplay among smoke and stone, melon and lime, inner-mouth florality and saliva-inducing salinity. “I picked these casks out for their having the highest acidity of any in the cellar,” explained Zilliken, “and then vinified a little differently to finish with less residual sugar than usual for an Auslese [for an Auslese of his, that is!] so that it leans more in an elegant Spätlese direction.”
    drinking window 2016 - 2040
    date of review 07/2016

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    Specifications

    Country:
    Germany
    Appellation:
    Saar
    Producer:
    Zilliken
    Grape Variety:
    Riesling
    abv:
    7.5%

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