2016 Westhofen KIRCHSPIEL Riesling Grosses Gewächs Q.b.A. trocken Klaus Peter Keller, Rheinhessen

Vinous - 2016 Westhofen KIRCHSPIEL Riesling Grosses Gewächs Q.b.A. trocken, Klaus Peter Keller

The nose here is surprisingly subdued, offering intimations of citrus and crushed stone. But the wine delivers a veritable mouthful of chalk along with juicy, oregano-laced lime, grapefruit and white peach. Firm in feel but not austerely hard, it finishes with a vivid sense of energy and a piquant peach kernel glow that never turns into outright bitterness or precludes a striking sense of transparency to stony and alkaline nuances. - David Schildknecht, Mai 2018