2020 | Weingut Robert Weil | Kiedricher Riesling Trocken

Description

White Wine: 2020 | Weingut Robert Weil | Kiedricher Riesling Trocken

It is lively and effusive, with balanced acidity and a stately Baroque body. Charming stone fruit aromas and citrus flavors are woven into a refined minerality giving it the versatility to accompany a wide variety of cuisine.

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Producer: Weingut Robert Weil

Ratings: WA | 92JS | 93

Vintage: 2020

Size: 750ml

ABV: 12.5%

Varietal: Riesling

Country/Region: Germany, Rheingau

It is lively and effusive, with balanced acidity and a stately Baroque body. Charming stone fruit aromas and citrus flavors are woven into a refined minerality giving it the versatility to accompany a wide variety of cuisine.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: Predominantly sourced in the Wasseros but also from the younger vines in the premiers crus and the Gräfenberg grand cru, picked at 90/91° Oechsle and partly (one-third) aged in large oak vats until late March, the 2020 Kiedricher Riesling Trocken offers a precise and intensely aromatic, finely flinty and coolish bouquet of perfectly ripe stone fruits intertwined with finely stony, floral and herbal notes. Juicy, round and very elegant on the palate, this is an intense and generous, mouth-filling but refined and persistently salty Riesling with ripe, salivating acidity and fine mineral structure.

• James Suckling: A very classic dry Rheingau riesling with plenty of mineral depth, packed in a rather sleek body. Delicate white-fruit aromas with some yellow-peach and floral notes. Long and precise, dry finish, the freshness of which pulls you back for more.

Producer Information

Weingut Robert Weil is a wine producer in the Rheingau region of Germany. It makes a range of varietal Riesling wines which are considered by many to be some of the best in Germany. These range from dry Kabinett wines to sweet, rich Trockenbeerenauslese wines made from Botrytis-infected grapes. Weingut Robert Weil has four tiers of quality (all falling within the Prädikat designation). The top wine is the Grosse Lage Riesling sourced from Gräfenberg, the finest vineyard site. Wines that come from this vineyard tend to be the most expressive and age-worthy in the Robert Weil portfolio. The Erste Lage are wines sourced from the other two vineyard sites, Klosterberg and Turmberg. Robert Weil also makes a village-level wine, from multiple vineyard sites, and an entry-level wine made from grapes sourced outside the three classified hillside vineyards. The estate is composed of 90 hectares (222 acres) of vineyards, planted entirely to Riesling. The famous village of Kiedrich is known for its steep, south-facing hillsides and distinctive, stony soils, and grapes are sourced mainly from three elevated vineyards – Klosterberg, Turmberg, and Gräfenberg. The Weils were pioneers of sustainable practices in the Rheingau, using green cover crops, organic fertilizer, and no herbicides. Grapes are hand-harvested and the wines are produced with minimal intervention in the cellar. Dr. Robert Weil first purchased vineyards in Kiedrich in 1867. At the time, he was a professor of German at the Sorbonne University in Paris, but with the start of the Franco-Prussian War, he was forced to leave France and settle in the Rheingau. In 1875, he acquired a manor and more vineyard holdings, and began producing wine. The Riesling became popular and helped put German Riesling on the international map.