2019 Westhofen KIRCHSPIEL Riesling Grosses Gewächs Q.b.A. trocken Klaus Peter Keller, Rheinhessen

Mosel Fine Wines - 2019 Westhofen KIRCHSPIEL Riesling Grosses Gewächs Q.b.A. trocken, Klaus Peter Keller

The 2019er Kirchspiel Riesling, as it is referred to on the consumer label, is a bone-dry wine which proves initially quite reductive and only gradually reveals an earthy and spicy nose of herbs, grapefruit, pear, lime, and greengage. It starts off on a juicy and pear-driven side on the palate, but leaves one with a great sense of focus in the spicy, salty, and bone-dry finish. A touch of herbal and tannic tartness still needs to integrate in the after-taste, something which should have happened in a decade or so. This beautiful dry Riesling may then well turn out even better than our high expectations. 2029-2044+. - Nov. 2020