2016 Riesling Burg Layer Schlossberg 1.Lage Joh Bapt Schäfer

From reddish-blueish slate and clay soils similar to the Pittermännchen, the 2016 Nahe Riesling Burg Layer Schlossberg Trocken offers a beautifully pure and mineral bouquet typical for clay-slate soils that, here, is intermixed with ripe stone fruit and some herbal aromas. On the palate, this is a round, lush and elegant Riesling with gorgeously juicy fruit that shows many Spätlese characteristics. The finish is highly elegant and spicy-mineral but also sensual with its highly aromatic fruit, which is perfectly intertwined with the mineral backbone. Macerated for six to eight hours and fermented spontaneously in large oak (stück) barrels, the wine was bottled with 12% alcohol in April 2017. Tasted December 2017. 2018 - 2032.