2017 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese Versteigerung Willi Schaefer, Mosel-Saar-Ruwer (0,75l)

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - 2017 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese Versteigerung, Willi Schaefer

The 2017 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese (Auction), AP 13 18, is highly refined and elegant on the flinty and purely slatey nose with discreet but present yeasty notes. Lush and generous but fine and delicate on the palate, this is a concentrated, citrus-fresh and highly elegant Spätlese with a salty-piquant, fresh and mineral finish. This is even finer than AP #5. Tasted in March 2019. - Stephan Reinhardt, Juni 2019

Mosel Fine Wines - 2017 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese Versteigerung, Willi Schaefer

The 2017er Graacher Domprobst Spätlese AP 13 comes from selections in the Fergert and Gerdsgrub sectors of the Domprobst vineyard. It offers a gorgeous and beautifully refined nose of yellow peach, grapefruit, smoke, herbs and spices. The wine is remarkably packed, compact and dense on the palate yet delivers the goods with the breathtaking lightness which has made the success of this Estate over the years. This refined and vibrant Spätlese leaves one with a stunningly zesty and creamy feel in the long and refined finish. 2027-2047 - Auction Guide 2018

Vinous - 2017 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese Versteigerung, Willi Schaefer

Ripe pear and quince are garlanded with hyacinth and showered with sea spray on a come-hither nose that also harbors hints of grapefruit and lime. The lusciously fruited, glossy and buoyant palate, like the memorably long finish, harnesses citricity in the interest of animation and refreshment, while an upwelling of nut pastes serves for richness and a sweet-saline, iodine-tinged suggestion of crab shell lends salivary stimulation. As is usually the case with Schaefer auction bottlings, this represents a mere half-fuder, or around 500 liters. - David Schildknecht, Apr. 2020