2015 Jungfer Riesling Auslese Große Lage | 0,375l

Selected out across a wide range of parcels, mostly early in the harvest, this subtly botrytized Auslese is very prominently sweet, but that suits its confitured fruit character. Honeysuckle and lily perfume mingle with quince and pear jellies as well as marzipan and white raisin on a head-turning nose and a buoyant, luscious, glycerol-slicked palate. There is just enough fresh fruit – including an influx of lime and grapefruit – in the buoyant, superbly sustained finish to lend welcome juiciness and animation. (I was unfortunately unable to taste the corresponding gold capsule Auslese, a wine based on later selections.)

- David Schildknecht (09/2016)

Smells like dripping leaves and flowers after a tropical storm. Great dried fruit flavors and a brilliant acidity that lights them up. Stunning concentration and a very long, electric finish where the sweetness is barely perceptible. A great auslese that can age for decades! (08/2017)

The 2015 Rheingau Riesling Auslese Hallgartener Jungfer VDP Grosse Lage (AP #19 16) offers an intense and concentrated bouquet with lemon zest and ginger flavors. The attack on the palate is finely racy, the wine sweet, rich and very elegant; the finish is salty, fine and very mineral so that the sense of sweetness is reduced remarkably.

- Stephan Reinhardt (10/2016)