Tasting notes
Willi Schaefer, Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese AP 10 2019
The 2019 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese #10 is intense and floral and later flinty and smoky on the nose that displays ripe and sun-spoiled notes. Lush and precise on the refined and crystalline palate, this is a more generous and refined Spätlese with a quiet flow and a stimulatingly salty finish. Tasted from AP 10 20 in June 2020. 2025 - 2060. – Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate, 96/100
AP number 10 20. RS 70 g/l. NB the AP number. Restrained pear-juice nose. Still quite tight with marked acidity. A little backward. 2022 - 2032. – Jancis Robinson, JancisRobinson.com, 16.5/20
Willi Schaefer, Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Spätlese AP 08 2019
The 2019 Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Spätlese is precise, fresh and pure on the nose that displays notes grated lemon rind and crushed stones. Round, piquant and juicy on the palate, this is an utterly refined yet sustainable and firmly structured Spätlese with dense and vibrating fresh Riesling fruit whose sweetness is well-compensated by mineral grip, salinity and tension. 7.5% alcohol. Tasted from AP 08 20 in June 2020. 2025 - 2050. – Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate, 94/100
AP number 08 20. RS 70 g/l. There's a little graininess somehow on the nose, something I have found before on wines from this vineyard. Very juicy palate attack – just chock-full of ripe but restrained fruit. Lovely already on the palate. What the heck is not to like? 2021 - 2032. – Jancis Robinson, JancisRobinson.com, 17/20
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