Dr Bürklin-Wolf Ruppertsberger Gaisböhl
  Riesling Spätlese Trocken 1998

Dr Bürklin-Wolf Ruppertsberger Gaisböhl Riesling Spätlese Trocken 1998: Lemon gold with a tinge of green, this wine has a floral and aromatic nose. Suggestions of spring blossom and citrus fruit mix with hints of spice and sizzling bacon fat. On the palate the 13.5% alcohol is well integrated, and gives the wine a sense of power rather than delicacy, unlike many other Germans tasted recently. It still has a rounded, off-dry stance despite the trocken designation, but certainly the driest and most full-bodied Spätlese I've tasted recently. There is a good texture, helped by that touch of residual sugar, with an appealing, creamy edge. Some citrus flavours and plenty of spice. This latter characteristic has a presence on the midpalate, but really shows itself on the finish. Fresh, tingling acidity completes the picture. Overall quite Alsatian in style. 15/20 AP Nr: 5 142 043 27 00 (17/6/02)