MAX FERDINAND RICHTER - Riesling Spätlese Wehlener Sonnenuhr - 2022 - $84.19

Product code

266155

Format

12 x 750ml

Listing type

Private Retail - Special Order

Status

Available

Type of product

Still wine

Country

Germany

Regulated designation

QmP ou Prädikatswein

Region

Mosel

Classification

Spätlese

Varietal(s)

Riesling 100 %

Colour

White

Closure type

Cork

Producer's website

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About this winery

Situated in the heart of the Mosel's finest vineyards, the Max Ferdinand Richter estate has been in the family for over 300 years. The family owns 48 acres of priceless vines on the magnificent stretch of the river between Erden and Brauenberg including all the best sites: Graacher Himmelreich, Wehlener Sonnenuhr and Brauenberger Juffer and Richter's monopole Veldenzer Eilsenberg. This is quite literally an embarrassment of riches. Richter's vines are sustainably farmed; all grapes are...

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Press reviews

- 95 points -

May 2023 (Vintage 2022)

From 90- to 100-year-old vines and picked about four weeks after the Kabinett, the 2022 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese offers a very clear, precise and fresh, substantial and complex nose with fresh lemon and crushed slate aromas. Round and savory on the palate, this is a pure, vibrantly fresh and elegant Sonnenuhr Spätlese with gorgeous fruit and savoriness. The finish is crunchy, saline and mouth-watering. This is a classic in the making, and it should be great in about a decade or two. There is remarkable precision and salivating length here. 7% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in May 2023.

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92+ points

June 2023 (Vintage 2022)

The 2022er Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese was made from fruit picked at 87° Oechsle on over 90-year-old vines and was fermented down to sweet levels of residual sugar (77 g/l). It offers a ripe and beautifully complex nose made of pear, melon, whipped cream, floral elements, and fine minty herbs. The wine is subtly creamy and still nicely light-weighted on the palate and leaves a juicy feel of grapefruit, apricot, and pearinfused flavors in the long finish. A touch of sweetness still needs to integrate in the aftertaste, something which will happen after a decade or so of bottle aging. There is some upside here as the wine reveals its complexity with age.

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