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Hofgut Falkenstein, Krettnacher Euchariusberg Kabinett Alte Reben AP #8, 2019

White Wine from Mosel, Germany
by Hofgut Falkenstein
$59.99
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7.5% alcohol, and not one bit of it feels like a compromise. Johannes Weber started picking on September 14, 2019, exceptionally early for the estate, specifically to hold on to the airiness he wants in these wines; he has called it a vintage made for Falkenstein, with even more lift than the 2016 he treats as his personal benchmark. The Alte Reben cask, known in the cellar as Fuder Gisela, comes from roughly eighty-year-old ungrafted vines in the Gross Schock sector of the Krettnacher Euchariusberg, picked at 84 degrees Oechsle and stopping naturally around 45 grams of sugar — enough to round the edges, nowhere near enough to taste sweet against acidity like this. May frost and a July heat spike above 40°C had already cut yields to roughly 25 hectoliters per hectare, so there was very little of it to begin with. From a private cellar; lovely now and built to run for decades.

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Antonio Galloni

95 points

"From ungrafted 80-year-old vines in the long-celebrated Gross Schock portion of the Euchariusberg, the 2019 Riesling Krettnacher Euchariusberg Kabinett Alte Reben now displays the site’s nickname, Gisela, in small print on the label. Remarkably for a residually sweet Kabinett, and especially one from this vintage, the initial impression is of Riesling’s fruitiness being sublimated, the nose leading strikingly with salt spray, green tea, lichen and wet stone. If anything, those herbal and mineral elements are intensified with time in the air, while serving for delightful counterpoint with bright, luscious grapefruit, lime and pear on an ultra-delicate palate, leading to a finish whose sheer persistence – to say nothing of its infectious juiciness and mouthwateringly savory complexity – is sensational." —David Schildknecht

Robert Parker

96 points

"From ungrafted vines planted in the 1930s, the single-plot 2019 Krettnacher Euchariusberg Riesling Kabinett Alte Reben #8 Gisela is highly refined and delicate on the pure and flinty nose that displays very fine slate aromas and delicate fruit. Generously round and salty-piquant on the sophisticated palate, this is a sublime grand cru in the filigreed yet intense and sustainable Kabinett style. The sweetness is moderate and perfectly balanced by the body and the pervasive mineral background. The 2019 is another fascinating Gisela with an enormously long, pure, piquant and salty finish. 7.5% alcohol is 1.5% less than the 2018 contained. Tasted in May 2020." —Stephan Reinhardt

More about Hofgut Falkenstein

The Webers bought this Saar estate in 1981 and decided to do everything in barrel—fermentation, elevage, everything. No tanks at all. Each Fuder gets bottled separately, a restoration of old-time practice that lets you taste the micro-variations between casks from the same site. Minimal intervention since 2021-certified organic; this is Mosel winemaking as philosophy.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Riesling

  • Vintage

    2019

  • Size

    750ml

  • Sweetness

    Off-Dry

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Sushi and sashimi, steamed pork and chive dumplings, trout meunière, or fresh goat cheese with cucumber and dill.

Tasting Profile

Lemon oil, green apple, white flowers and a saline, slate-dusted core. A featherweight at 7.5% alcohol yet intensely flavored, with zesty acidity and a whisper of sweetness that reads as ripeness. Airy, precise and very long.

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