Saarburger Rausch, Riesling, Spätlese
Zilliken

Saarburger Rausch, Riesling, Spätlese


Destination

vintage


portfolio

Portfolio
These wines are in stock and are available for delivery at your convenience.


2011
6x75cl
DP
£273.91

2014
1.5L
DP
£76.36

2014
6x1.5L
DP
£458.16

2016
75cl
DP
£30.70

2016
6x75cl
DP
£184.18

2017
75cl
DP
£32.65

2017
6x75cl
DP
£195.91

2017
3x1.5L
DP
£213.91

2018
75cl
DP
£32.70

2018
6x75cl
DP
£196.18

2018
6x75cl
DP
£415.08

2018
3x1.5L
DP
£208.18

2020
75cl
DP
£31.20

2020
6x75cl
DP
£187.22

2020
3x1.5L
DP
£217.08

Broking

Broking
These are wines from our broking list and have an average delivery window of 15 working days.


2014
6x75cl
DP
£153.91

2015
6x75cl
DP
£208.18


Zilliken, Saarburger Rausch, Riesling, Spätlese, 2011

2011

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Zilliken, Saarburger Rausch, Riesling, Spätlese, 2011

The Zillikens are famed for their library and love to open old bottles. The ’11 Rausch Spätlese is showing the first signs of tertiary development; a touch of cep here and truffle there with a hint of vanilla pod consistent with a warmer year. Nut oils and bitter orange marmalade with the smoke of a grilled peach. There is no botrytis at play here, just fully ripe grapes. A slight firmness in the mid-palate suggests that there’s no hurry to drink it.

Maturity:
Keep/Drink
ABV:
7.5%

specifications

country:
Germany


Appellation:

Producer:
Zilliken

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Allergen Information:
This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.


Zilliken

Zilliken

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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