TN: 2019 Hofgut Falkenstein Niedermenniger Herrenberg Riesling Spätlese feinherb "Onkel Peter" #4

• 2019 Hofgut Falkenstein Niedermenniger Herrenberg Riesling Spätlese feinherb “Onkel Peter” #4 - Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer (12/14/2020)
  There’s something about feinherb, and the balance of delicate sweetness and Riesling acidity that is achieved by producers working in this mode. The 2019 Falkenstein Spätlese Feinherb has a delicate touch that provides immense flavor impact. It’s surprisingly round in palate expression, given the early comments on the acid profile of the vintage. Fruit is more in the yellow/orange rather than the expected Saar-typical green spectrum, but it’s still bright, and crystal clear. Persistent and consistent through the mid-palate, it falls off just a touch on the finish. The center is strong though, so a little (or even a lot) of cellar time can fill out the profile. Excellent value, no matter how you look at it. Glad to have more.

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Opened a great bottle of Onkel Peter on Sunday. I’ll be interested to taste it side by side with the other 2019 Feinherbs with a few years in the cellar. It still has that youthful exuberance.

Love the speed laser find herb. May open another bottle next week myself when I’m back from a trip.

Popped a bottle tonight. I think David’s note captures the wine well. A lot of material here, though beginning to turn inward and shut down a bit since my last bottle in the fall. I’m not really opening 19s these days, but in process of moving and have wines in various places and this happened to be easily excessible tonight.