Zilliken

Saarburger Rausch, Riesling, Spätlese, 2023

Name: Saarburger Rausch, Riesling, Spätlese
Brand: Zilliken
Price: 185 GBP

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2023
6x75cl
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£208.39

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2023
3x1.5L
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£185.00

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

The Spätlese is back after a two year hiatus in 2021 and 2022. The 2023 is produced in the typical Zilliken style, meaning lots of lovely exuberant notes of fresh grape, honey, ginger and ripe lemons. Good concentration on the palate framed by flecks of salt and a driving acidity cutting through the flesh, it concludes with a long, reverberating finish, the Spätlese is the top wine they have made in the regular range, and our pick of the bunch.

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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

94/100

Stephan Reinhardt,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2023 Rausch Spatlese is super precise and clear on the elegant and slightly vegetal nose that shows discreet tropical fruit aromas of mango and baby pineapples. The wine is juicy yet refined and very elegant on the palate, moderately sweet, nicely saline and provided with very fine, elegant, salivating acidity. This will be an excellent gastronomic wine in 10 and still in 25 years. There are tart citrus fruit notes on the aftertaste. 7.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in August 2024.

drinking window 2030 - 2060

date of review 10/2024

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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.