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Grosses Gewächs from the Rausch vineyard is a beautiful example of the vintage. The wine comes in at twelve percent alcohol, with 8.5 grams per liter of residual sugar and acidity of 7.6 grams per liter.
The bouquet is deep, precise and absolutely defined today by its underlying slate minerality, as it offers up scents of lime, sweet grapefruit, a very salty base of slate (from the high levels of dry extract), citrus peel, dried flowers and lemongrass.
On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and seamlessly balanced, with a great core, electric acidity, laser-like focus and a very long, nascently complex and minerally-infused finish. This is a long distance runner that will need some time alone in the cellar to properly blossom.
Riesling grapes have been grown in and around central Europe for centuries, and over time, they became the lasting symbol of south Germany's ancient and proud wine culture. Whilst the reputation of German wines abroad has in the past been mixed, the Germans themselves take an enormous amount of pride in their wineries, and Riesling grapes have now spread around the globe, growing anywhere with the correct climate in which they can thrive. Riesling grape varietals generally require much cooler climatic conditions than many other white grapes, and they are generally considered to be a very 'terroir expressive' varietal, meaning that the features and characteristics of the terroir they are grown on comes across in the flavors and aromas in the bottle. It is this important feature which has allowed Riesling wines to be elevated into the category of 'fine' white wines, as the features of the top quality bottles are generally considered to be highly unique and offer much to interest wine enthusiasts.
