2011 Rüdesheim Berg Schlossberg Riesling Q.b.A. Georg Breuer, Rheingau (0,75l)

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - 2011 Rüdesheim Berg Schlossberg Riesling Q.b.A., Georg Breuer

At 12.5% the highest in alcohol of this year’s Breuer cru-bottlings (whereas it was the lightest of them in 2009), their 2011 Rudesheimer Beg Schlossberg Riesling delivers aromas of nose-wrinkling but pleasant pungency suggesting gunpowder green as well as smoky black tea, accompanied by lime peel and peach kernel, all of whose counterparts on a generous palate offer welcome counterpoint to the wine’s underlying lushness of texture, and complement a delightful sensation of shimmering interchange with stony, crystalline and saline mineral nuances. Peach, fresh lime and almond form the core of a sappy matrix that persists through a vigorously sustained finish, well-supported by about eight grams of residual sugar, which is the level at which all of this year’s Breuer crus stopped fermenting. “We were shocked when we got the analyses,” notes Teresa Breuer, “to discover that the sugars were that high.” I’d say it’s clear on the basis of taste that these wines knew what was good for them! Plan to follow this one through at least 2022. - David Schildknecht, Apr. 2014