TN: '96 Christoffel Graacher Domprobst Spätlese

  • 1996 Jos. Christoffel Jr. (Christoffel-Prüm) Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese - Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer (9/5/2009)

Paired with a salad of butter lettuce, watermelon, avocado, and chevre tossed in key lime vinaigrette. Pale, glimmering straw in color, with great purity and sense of place. Slate, nectarine, citrus, and a faint hint of petrol on the nose. The palate is quite light in texture, and could be mistaken for a much younger wine, with a perfectly sweet-tart lemon curd flavor profile and excellent balance. It’s totally delicious right now, but this wine has a long and rewarding life ahead. This clocks in at a mere 7.5% abv, and with so much flavor you’d never miss the alcohol.