2020 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Kabinett Versteigerung Willi Schaefer, Mosel-Saar-Ruwer (1,5l)

Mosel Fine Wines - 2020 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Kabinett Versteigerung, Willi Schaefer

The 2020er Graacher Domprobst Riesling Kabinett AP 01 (an auction lot) is a fruity-styled wine made from fruit picked early in the prime Nikolauslay sector of the vineyard. It offers a superb even if truly backward nose of melon, wet stone, herbs, and spices. After some airing, fresher elements of mint, lime, and chalk add a lively side to the aromatics. The wine is gorgeously playful, dense but light- ooted on the palate where notes of lime zest, a hint apricot blossom, and flowers come through. It leaves a great light-footed and precise feel of subtly creamy fruits in the long and multi-layered finish. This is still quite “raw” and will really only truly shine in a decade or more. But what a great Kabinett made in the light and engaging style of the Spätlese-Auslese from the 1990s. 2030-2050. - Nov. 2021