2018 Riesling VDP.Grosse Lage trocken "301", Pfalz, Germany

Deep and complex, somewhat nutty and almost a little woody, compact fragrance with aromas of ripe yellow fruits, dried vegetal aromas, yellow spice, herbs, a hint of bacon and mushrooms. Compact also in the mouth, very firm, ripe, tangy-juicy fruit with smoky, tobacco, herbal, vegetable and bacon aromas, fried mushrooms in the background, present, with ripe acidity and much handle of ripe tannin, enormous minerality, persistent, very slightly toasty notes in the background, delicately sweet enamel, a touch of candy, deep and concentrated, long, gripping, multi-layered finish with enormous pressure and again smoky tones. A monument; the Batard-Montrachet of Riesling

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