2016 Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese*** grüne Kapsel Markus Molitor, Mosel-Saar-Ruwer (0,75l)

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - 2016 Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese*** grüne Kapsel, Markus Molitor

The 2016 Riesling Graacher Himmelreich Auslese *** (Green Capsule) is deep and complex on the nose, though discreet in its fruit expression straight from the bottle. However, the fruit is beautifully flinty, fresh and really fine. Lush and round on the palate, this is a full-bodied, ripe and intense yet well-balanced and elegant Himmelreich whose sweetness of roughly 30 grams per liter is still prominent at this young age. However, the wine is intense, long, firmly structured, very mineral and provided with serious tannins and a lot of stones. I am tasting it far too early (and straight after the three-starred Rosenberg Auslese), but it's a highly promising Riesling from a great vintage for the Mosel. Bottled in September 2017; tasted March 2018. - Stephan Reinhardt, März 2018