Robert Weil Riesling Spatlese

Winemaker notes

Timeless, elegant Rheingau Spätlese with lush fruit notes, gracefully balancing its natural sweetness with a bright, high-spirited acidity. Well-chilled, this wine is drinking wonderfully in its youth, and will continue to mature over the next 30+ years.

2021

Wine Advocate 89: The 2021 Rheingau Riesling Spätlese opens with a very clear, fresh and lime-scented bouquet. Fresh and piquant on the palate, this is a mouth-filling, round, light and digestible Riesling with juicy fruit and grippy, palate-cleansing acidity. Not complex but stimulating and digestible. 9% stated alcohol. Screw cap. Tasted in July 2022.

James Suckling 93: I don’t want to put any ideas into your minds, but this is dangerously delicious. Brimming with white fruit aromas, extremely crisp, lively and refreshing, it’s hard to see why anybody would reject this joyful wine. Sleek body and a surprisingly dry personality for the category, with a long mint and wet stone finish. Drink or hold. Screw cap.

2022

Wine Advocate 92: From the Wasseros, the 2022 Riesling Spätlese was picked about a week later than the Kabinett, which comes, more or less, from the same plots on phyllite slate soils with a good water supply. The Spätlese opens with intense, elegant and ripe yellow-colored fruit but is precise and fresh. On the palate, this is a savory, fleshy, textured, saline and highly stimulating Spätlese that already drinks beautifully (a bit of reduction is part of the style) and will age for decades. A gorgeous classic. 9% stated alcohol. Screw cap.

James Suckling 93: A very typical Rheingau riesling Spatlese with a wonderful freshness and vitality that, together with the racy acidity, beautifully counterbalances the touch of grape sweetness. Very grapey with as much wild berry fruit as white peach character. Long, zesty and creamy finish. From the Wasseros site of Kiedrich. Drink or hold. Screw cap.

Wine Enthusiast 90: A lighter style, sleek and tangy. Offers apple, pear and lime flavors, with a layer of mineral on the finish. Focused and vivid.