Schlossgut Diel · Burg Layen

Diel Goldloch Riesling Kabinett 2018

RieslingDorsheim

94/100 James Suckling

92/100 Vinous

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At a glance

Drinking window: 2020 - 2030
ABV: 8.5%
Appellation: Dorsheim
Food pairing: Thai green curry, laksa, tandoori prawns, chicken biryani, sushi, Sichuan chicken
Notes of: Lime, white peach, crushed slate

Tasting notes

By far one of the nicest Rieslings we have had in a long long time. This is a bottle that you could universally pair with a range of cooking and food. Right from the spicy South Asian starters to the flavorful, delicate ones, from the food with explosive aromas and flavors to the ones that are rich and deep. All they need is a nicely chilled glass of the Kabinett!

A personal note, don't serve at room temperature. Chill it in an ice bucket before serving.

"Dried apple rind and Williams pears are a beautiful combination here. The acidity is wrapped up very purely and succinctly in the off-dry sweetness, and that creates a beautiful sense of tension and depth. Drink now." - 94/100, James Suckling, Dec 2019

"Lime, grapefruit, white peach and quince deliver an effusively fruity aromatic and palate impression, along with brightness and tartness unexpected in a 2018. Cooling mint and fennel add inner-mouth aromatic appeal, while chalky and stony notes serve for counterpoint on a vibrantly sustained finish." - 92/100, David Schildknecht, Vinous, Jun 2020

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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