2016 Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Spatlese WK

This is still quite reduced at this early stage, and only timidly reveals some yellow peach, cassis, brown sugar wrapped into dried flowers, almond cream and smoke after airing. The wine combines creamy fruity presence with an airy and delicate texture on the quite rich palate. The finish is slightly sweet at this early stage, but the presence of a most refined touch of ripe acidity in the finish makes us yearn to try this rich Spätlese at maturity, when the sweetness-acidity balance will have been reached. Oct 2017, www.moselfinewines.com, Drink: 2026-2046

This offers a superbly deep, complex and refined nose including dried flowers, whipped almond cream, a touch of smoke, vineyard peach, cassis and grapefruit. While fully present everything about this splendid nose is subtle and refined. The wine is superbly playful with a creamy and light texture and great complexity and finesse on the palate. The finish is breathtakingly long and pure, even if still slightly reduced at this early stage. But make no mistake, this is a great airy and dry Riesling in the making. Oct 2017, www.moselfinewines.com, Drink: 2023-2036

The 2016 Riesling Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Spatlese (White Capsule) opens with beautifully ripe and elegant fruit intertwined with reductive and flinty notes with crunchy slate aromas. Silky, lush and seamless on the palate, this is a highly finessed and elegant Spatlese with stimulating balance and super fine tannin structure. It is the most elegant, balanced and perhaps also the most classic Mosel Spatlese in the dry style. The finish is clear, fresh and very salty—a crystalline and persistent Sonnenuhr of great class. Mar 2018, www.robertparker.com