Okonomierat Rebholz

Riesling, vom Rotliegenden, Trocken, 2018

Name: Riesling, vom Rotliegenden, Trocken
Brand: Okonomierat Rebholz
Price: 171.94 GBP

91+/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

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2018
75cl
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2018
6x75cl
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Last Few
Organic
2018
6x75cl
DP
£171.94

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Almost floral on the nose, then this driving minerality and acid that rises like a skyscraper. What a soaring internal line. A very complete dry Riesling that comes from the complex red slate and volcanic soils of Kastanianbusch.

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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.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

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Critic Reviews

91+/100

Stephan Reinhardt,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

There were times, not that long ago, where a wine such as the 2018 Riesling vom Rotliegenden trocken would have been one of the finest dry Rieslings of Germany. Its quality is still the same (if not even better than years ago), but the quality level in Germany has been rising dramatically for 10+ years now. This wine is one for freaks because it is so pure and flinty and doesn't indicate any grams of fat or even flesh but has so much precision and terroir (or Kastanienbusch) character. On the palate, this Riesling reveals Mosel-like juiciness and crystallinity. In fact, the palate is less Apollonian than the nose, but it's also not Dionysian. It's a Rebholz picture-book wine with phenolic grip and mineral tension yet not the tight structure of the vom Buntsandstein twin. The "deuxieme vin" of the Kastanienbusch has lots of energy and can play even in the GG class. However, it is far too young to be drunk now. Keep it for about 5 years. Tasted in January 2020.

date of review 01/2020

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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.