2018 Saarburg RAUSCH Riesling Grosses Gewächs Q.b.A. trocken Geltz Zilliken, Mosel-Saar-Ruwer (0,75l)

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - 2018 Saarburg RAUSCH Riesling Grosses Gewächs Q.b.A. trocken, Geltz Zilliken

The 2018 Rausch GG is very pure, crystalline and flinty on the intense, fragrant, stony and lemony nose. Refined and elegant on the palate, this is a lush, very intense, lingering and complex Riesling from Saarburg that develops an enormously powerful and intense finish yet keeps its mineral freshness and lightness. A stunning dry Riesling and the finest of the GG trio here. Tasted in June 2019. Release date: September 2019. - Stephan Reinhardt, Aug. 2019

Mosel Fine Wines - 2018 Saarburg RAUSCH Riesling Grosses Gewächs Q.b.A. trocken, Geltz Zilliken

The 2018er Rausch GG, as it is referred to on the consumer label, was made from clean fruit harvested at 95-96° Oechsle. It offers a highly aromatic, fruit-driven nose made of pear, orange blossom, tangerine and spices. The wine proves superbly playful and intensely zesty on the palate and leaves a firmly zesty feel in the very long and intense finish. There is quite some upside here if manages to further gain in presence and complexity over the coming years. 2023-2033

Vinous - 2018 Saarburg RAUSCH Riesling Grosses Gewächs Q.b.A. trocken, Geltz Zilliken

Sea breeze and subtle smokiness share aromatic billing with fresh lime and apple. The feel is alluringly silken, but the midpalate is loaded with tingling animation of lime zest, tart apple skin, and crystalline stony impingements, all of which persist on a buoyant, vibrant and mouthwateringly saline finish. - David Schildknecht, Juli 2020