1993 Kreuznacher Kahlenberg Riesling Spätlese, Nahe, Anton Finkenauer
Appearance: deep gold green.
Nose: classic spiced honey and kerosene, some apple fruit still there.
Palate: good balance of residual sugar to acid, low alcohol but with a kind of power derived from age, i.e. not alcoholic in power. Mellowed fruit with more spicy honey notes.
Conclusion: a particularly good bottle of the more 'full-on' Nahe style. Finkenauer does not like to release his wines that early because they take particularly long to age, even for German Riesling.
Rating: 17.5/20
Appearance: deep gold green.
Nose: classic spiced honey and kerosene, some apple fruit still there.
Palate: good balance of residual sugar to acid, low alcohol but with a kind of power derived from age, i.e. not alcoholic in power. Mellowed fruit with more spicy honey notes.
Conclusion: a particularly good bottle of the more 'full-on' Nahe style. Finkenauer does not like to release his wines that early because they take particularly long to age, even for German Riesling.
Rating: 17.5/20
Labels: 1993, Anton Finkenauer, Germany, Kreuznacher Kahlenberg, Nahe, Riesling, Spatlese, white
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