Grans-Fassian Trittenheimer Riesling Kabinett 2001

Grans-Fassian Trittenheimer Riesling Kabinett (Mosel-Saar-Ruwer) 2001: This wine has a very typical Riesling colour. Lovely nose, which clearly reflects the success of the vintage. It's very ripe, displaying white fruit aromas with a tropical edge, laced with notes of flinty, slatey minerals and flower-petals. This rich character is followed through on the palate, which is ripe, fleshy, dense and mouth-filling, more like a Spätlese that your average Kabinett - no surprise, as many Kabinett wines of this vintage were in fact bottled at Spätlese ripeness levels and above. This is balanced by fresh, zippy acidity. It's a glorious combination, which remains through a balanced, savoury, mouth-watering finish. Very good. (23/5/03)