Schlossgut Diel · Burg Layen

Diel Goldloch Riesling Auslese 2017

RieslingDorsheim

96/100 James Suckling

92/100 Vinous

$90.00 SGD

11 in stock

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At a glance

Drinking window: 2020-2035
ABV: 7.5%
Appellation: Dorsheim
Food pairing: Foie gras, spicy Thai curry, Sichuan prawns, blue cheese tart, mango sticky rice, gulab jamun

Tasting notes

"The strength of this wine lies in the finesse and delicacy that creep up on you from behind. Super-fine nectarine and mandarin-orange notes. Moderate sweetness for the category makes this a great paté de foie gras wine. Very long, silky finish. Drink or hold." - 96/100, James Suckling, September 2018

"There wasn't much botrytis this year," relates Diel, so this bottling mostly represents healthy but super-ripe and concentrated berries. Nectarine and white peach deliver an enticing nose and luscious, brightly juicy abundance on a glossy, delicate palate. A touch of salinity serves for saliva-inducement in the long-lasting and only moderately sweet finish. Greater complexity is almost certain to emerge with time." - 92/100, David Schildknecht, Vinous, April 2019

The producer

Schlossgut Diel Burg Layen, Germany

Schlossgut Diel, built around a medieval castle above Burg Layen in the Nahe, is one of Germany's most celebrated Riesling estates. The wines of Armin Diel earned the estate a legendary reputation during the 1990s and 2000s: precise, mineral, age-worthy Rieslings from the steep Goldloch, Burgberg and Pittermännchen sites.

Today his daughter Caroline Diel continues the work, farming the same singular vineyards with the same dedication to expressing the Nahe's blue-slate and volcanic terroir — among the most complex and individual in all of Germany.

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