2018 Riesling Auslese

This represents the lightest of three Auslese selections from the Apotheke, featuring progressively higher must weights. To some extent, each reflects separate pickings, but there was additional sorting in the cellar, on the basis of botrytization and desiccation. In the present instance, reported Grans, there were about 50% botrytis-concentrated berries. Apple jelly, candied grapefruit peel and papaya make for a colorful aromatic combination, and they collaborate admirably on a flatteringly creamy, glossy, but buoyant palate, with backing from ample but far from excessive sweetness, leading to a finish remarkably transparent to stony underpinnings and whose primary juiciness encourages taking the next sip.