Schlossgut Diel Dorsheimer Burgberg Riesling Kabinett(2004)

2004 Schlossgut Diel Dorsheimer Burgberg Riesling Kabinett delivers aromas of toasted nuts, milled grain and chalk dust along with a considerable primary Prum-like yeastiness and fermentative overlay. The palate impression is subtly bittersweet in its suggestions of buckwheat cakes and citrus rind. The finish is impressively chalky with a tactile dustiness, although one suspects that the formidable concentration and fine balance of sweetness will ally with a more juicy fruit character given a little time. I began to suspect as well at this point that the vineyard personality of the chalky read more...Burgberg is simply expressing itself less well at this early stage than is the conglomerate and eathered Rotliegenden dominated Goldloch. Incidentally, readers with the requisite disposable income are urged to explore Diel's 2003 T.B.A. (from the Pittermanchen), which was unfortuitously also being bottled the day I visited. (RP) Wine advocate # 161 Oct 2005    (hide)