2010 Georg Breuer Rauenthal Estate Riesling
Posted: 22:34 Fri 18 Jul 2014
Georg Breuer is in my opinion the best producer of dry Riesling in the Rheingau.
This is a village wine from the village of Rauenthal. The other village wine of this producer can be found here:
http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8621
The yield for village wines at Georg Breuer is 30 hl/ha. To put things in perspective, the VDP, which is the association of quality producers in Germany, allows yields as high as 50 hl/ha for the Grosse Gewächse (GG), which are comparable to a French “Grand Cru” and are the highest rung of the quality ladder.
pale yellow, smells of apricot and in the background slightly of petrol, in the mouth petrol and grapefruit, quite a full body, dry, but not in a tart way, in the aftertaste a little harsh grapefruit, quite a long finish (15-20 seconds). Really an impressive village wine.
This is a village wine from the village of Rauenthal. The other village wine of this producer can be found here:
http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8621
The yield for village wines at Georg Breuer is 30 hl/ha. To put things in perspective, the VDP, which is the association of quality producers in Germany, allows yields as high as 50 hl/ha for the Grosse Gewächse (GG), which are comparable to a French “Grand Cru” and are the highest rung of the quality ladder.
pale yellow, smells of apricot and in the background slightly of petrol, in the mouth petrol and grapefruit, quite a full body, dry, but not in a tart way, in the aftertaste a little harsh grapefruit, quite a long finish (15-20 seconds). Really an impressive village wine.