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2019 Weingut Josef Leitz Rüdesheimer Drachenstein Riesling trocken - Germany, Rheingau (3/29/2023)
Beautiful, classic R nose, hints of new car interior. On the palate, very floral, meyer lemons, timothy grass and some great salinity. There's a tiny hint of the tropics in it too, like as if someone tipped 10% of Chard into it. For me, as usual, this is off dry and has sweetness for my palate, which in my view, makes the acid a teensy bit lacking, but I'm an acid freak, so might not be someone else's idea. Great wine. (92 points)
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After it’s been open awhile - the salinity is insane. Don’t think I’ve ever had a more saline wine. Very delicious.
Not so bad for a secondary tier vineyard site, right?
Leitz has a fantastic stable of prime Rheingau vineyards, but also does great justice to sites that are not historically renowned.
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Haven’t been able to able to find Leitz in awhile. Used to get at K&L in Redwood City but not for a few years.
Same. They kind of disappeared after they left the Theise/Skurnik portfolio.
They had some importer issues. Now brought in by Schatzi. You can get them again although I personally am disappointed that they can no longer make fruity Spatlese really from their best sites historically - Schlossberg and Roseneck.
Yes, Schatzi is importer. I got it through my distributor, Martine’s, who distributes it but they’re only in CA, NY and IL. Not sure who distributes it in other states.
Johannes left Theise/Skurnik, and went directly to Schatzi and Kevin Pike. Johannes and Kevin are close friends. The issues were largely about starting up a new import business/portfolio.
I share your pain about the loss of the Roseneck Spätlese, which was a great wine, and sadly my wife’s favorite Riesling. Still have a stash, but not a lot.
Probably climate change plays a role here. Drachenstein is cooler and the renowned sites on the lower part of the Rüdesheimer Berg are ht and very dry. Weinlagen
Perhaps. I know (first hand) that the 2014 Roseneck Spatlese was a little weird. From what I heard he made a 2015, but nothing after that. The 2013 is delicious.
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