Pale straw in color, the nose shows lime zest, white peach, subtle floral notes, and pronounced stony minerality. The palate is taut and precise, with racy acidity, citrus and green apple flavors, and a firm, chalky texture that emphasizes dryness despite the Spätlese designation. The finish is long, saline, and mineral.
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JB Becker 'Alte Reben' 2022 Riesling Spätlese Walkenberg, Rheingau
JB Becker 'Alte Reben' 2022 Riesling Spätlese Walkenberg, Rheingau
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750ml bottle
12% abv
JB Becker has championed age-worthy Rheingau Rieslings from his Walluf estate since the 1970s. This Spätlese Trocken comes from Walkenberg’s steep, south-facing slate slopes, planted to old vines of exceptional concentration.
Fermented with native yeasts in large old oak casks, it shows depth, structure, and mineral precision. An old-vine dry Spätlese that captures the power and finesse of the Rheingau’s top sites.
As per normal, while the Spätlese Trocken is gregarious and outward-looking, the old-vine bottling is more stern and structured. The vines here are all over 40 years old (some up into their 70s) and the concentration is just wild – yet at the same time it is more tense, more coiled up, clearer, more incisive. This is just profound juice.
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