2014 Kiedrich GRÄFENBERG Riesling Grosses Gewächs Q.b.A. trocken

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2014 Kiedricher Grafenberg Riesling trocken GG combines the fine and highly elegant Riesling fruit of the Klosterberg with the finesse-full and precise purity of the Gräfenberg phyllite terroir. Piquant and complex on the palate with great finesse and coolish precision, this is the aristocrat among the dry Weil Rieslings; its length is lovely, salty and full of tension. Great purity and elegance, as well as great aging potential. So much delicacy here and purity, so vital and elegant, well balanced. The length is not due to the alcohol, but the acidity and salinity. - Stephan Reinhardt, Dez. 2015

Wine Spectator: This bursts on the palate with concentrated flavors of ripe lime and lemon curd, flanked by engaging savory notes. Well-structured, with slate and sea salt details on the finish. Impressive purity. Drink now through 2022. 1,833 cases made. - Jun. 2016

Vinous: Flower shop aromas share billing with intimations of the lemon and Bartlett pear that then dominates this bottling’s polished, glossy if beneath that firm palate. The gripping finish invigorates with nips of cress and pepper as well as zesty lemon and crystalline, chalky, iodine-like mineral impingements. This needs some time and will hopefully become more winsome. - David Schildknecht, Mai 2016