2012 Wallerath Schweicher Annaberg Riesling Spätlese Feinhb

[djewesbury]

I have attempted to use the bibliographic format recommended by AW77 but there are too many characters for the Subject field; hence my abbreviation of 'Feinherb' to 'Feinhb'.

This is the sister of the Trocken wine from the same vineyard that I drank the other evening. As André explained - Feinherb is indeed 'off-dry'. This is 11%, so perhaps on the sweeter edge of off-dry. The nose is extremely quiet. I have to strain to get anything at all: melon, maybe gooseberry and elderflower, wet stones and promising minerality..

Despite my preference for dry Rieslings, I'm enjoying how this grows in the mouth: the entrance is dry and mineral, growing into delicate melon sweetness in the mid-palate, with a rich, fruity fullness that gives a very pleasant mouthfeel. The finish contains trockenobst (specifically abrikosen) and some sweetness, but overall this is very well balanced, and still clean. Very satisfying.

[AW77]

Did you like the trocken or feinherb best? Which wine you buy again?

[djewesbury]

The trocken, but the feinherb was very fein.