Zilliken

Saarburger Rausch, Riesling, Spätlese, 2014

Name: Saarburger Rausch, Riesling, Spätlese
Brand: Zilliken
Price: 455.18 GBP

90/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

92/100

Vinous

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2014
1.5L
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2014
6x1.5L
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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

A little less open on the nose, more slate driven, a touch of mint. On the palate a really vibrant acidity is covered with lots of very silky cool register tropical fruit, a touch of pineapple and just ripe mango. Beautifully balanced and showing greater focus and precision than the Kabinett. Charm here over opulence.

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Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

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Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

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Critic Reviews

92/100

David Schildknecht,

Vinous

This auctioned bottling features very ripe peach, mango and Persian melon accented by prickly spiciness of botrytis. A faintly oily, glycerol-rich palate assuages any sharper expressions of noble rot, but the wine finishes with unanticipated verve, penetration and focus, not to mention formidable sheer persistence. Despite its ripeness and tropicality, it boasts even higher acidity than its A.P. #4 sibling; and that reveals itself in the present wine’s sense of animation as well as its uncanny ability to cancel-out the sweetening effect of high residual sugar.

drinking window 2016 - 2028

date of review 07/2016

90/100

Stephan Reinhardt,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

From fully ripe grapes from younger vines and bottled with 75 grams of residual sugar and 7.5% alcohol, the 2014 Saarburger Rausch Riesling Spatlese displays a puristic smoky slate aroma that needs some minutes to develop more fruity charm. Medium-bodied and as juicy and mineral, this finesse-full and frisky Spatlese with a long and salty finish reveals a nice purity, finesse and elegance.

drinking window 2020 - 2035

date of review 03/2016

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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.