2021 Willi Schaefer Graacher Riesling Feinherb, Mosel

The 2021 Graacher Riesling feinherb shows a pure, bright and coolish bouquet with just-ripe fruit aromas intermingled with flinty and discreet oak notes that complete the nose beautifully. Bottled with 17 grams per liter of residual sugar, this is a dense, round and intense, beautifully textured and balanced Riesling with a stimulating, saline and finely tannic finish. This is a beautiful off-dry Riesling that is already a rounder and also slightly more complex Graacher (predominantly Himmelreich) compared to the dry selection. This 2021 should be cellared for 6 or 7 years, but it has the potential to refine over decades. 10.5% stated alcohol. Screw cap. Tasted in July 2022.

93 points SR robertparker.com

Striking nose of crisp pear, parsley and spring meadows. All at once this is wonderfully juicy, very vibrant and crystalline. Long, very crisp, but polished finish. An expressive and well-structured wine that many years ahead of it. 100% from the Himmelreich GG site. Drink or hold. Screw cap.

92 points jamessuckling.com