2015 Enkircher Ellergrub Riesling
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This delivers a cooling, laid-back aromatic impression that contrasts dramatically with that of this year’s Steffensberg. Fresh white peach is tinged with basil and wet stone. Brightly juicy lime enters on the palate to complement the peach and herbs, guaranteeing animation and refreshment. Almond and peach kernel piquancy along with lobster-shell-like savor supply stimulating intrigue and the wine’s palpable sense of extract-richness segues into positive, silky influence of lees. The superbly sustained, thoroughly dry finish offers satisfying refreshment and lovely transparency to stony, alkaline and crustacean nuances.
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Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
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From 80+-year-old ungrafted vines on weathered blue slate rocks, the 2015 Riesling Enkircher Ellergrub offers a super subtle and precise bouquet of slate oil, some citrus fruit flavors and highly delicate, perfectly ripe but also bright and fresh Riesling aromas and spices. There is great purity, finesse and vitality on the palate which reveals a super ripe and concentrated but also elegant and refreshing Ellergrub character with a lot of salt and tension. The 2015 is very intense and densely woven but also has the transparency and vitality of a grand vin. Immich-Batterieberg holds 2.1 hectares in this vineyard, so it is quantitatively the most important grand cru, and in 2015 it is also qualitatively the most important one next to the Zeppwingert. Keep the 2015 Ellergrub for at least four or five years.