Eva Fricke, Lorcher Krone Riesling QbA Trocken

Eva Fricke, Lorcher Krone Riesling QbA TrockenThe Lorcher Riesling 2021 Krone offers a fascinatingly pure, elegant, intense and aromatic bouquet of crushed (flint and lime) stones intermingled with notes of citrus fruits and, initially, also green pimientos. Round and elegant on the palate, with fine and saline acidity, this is a textured yet highly refined and finessed Riesling with the textural precision of chalk and the finessed acidity of slate. There are fine tannins here as well. After

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and sweet red berry fruit add to the wine's stunning allure

with barbecue spice or steak sauce that frame a core of supple dark fruit

When I visited her in the third week of September

The 2000 is not especially subtle or nuanced

800 cases made

How you evaluate this will depend on what you most want in Port

offering highly complex flavors of candied fruit and exotic dried flowers

all wrapped in an austere if long finish

Both bottles I tasted

This is very Nuits in style and is going to require extended cellaring to soften the firm tannins but it should more than repay your patience

Bright fruit flavors make a fine combination with firm acidity and a rich mousse