The 2017 Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett offers an intense and yeasty bouquet of ripe and fleshy Riesling intertwined with delicate slate aromas. The 2017 was aged on its lees until the end of April due to the high acidity level. The wine reveals an elegant, lush and sensual palate with a lovely texture and a fresh, crisp and mineral-vital finish with mineral structure, lingering salinity and finesse. This is an energetic Himmelreich that drinks perfectly with food rather than without. It's too serious as an aperitif. Tasted in March 2019.

Grapefruit, apple, pineapple and a whiff of balsam greet the nose. The silken palate is almost weightlessly delicate at just 7.5% alcohol, yet the wine’s sweetness is so sneaky that you scarcely notice it beyond its role in encouraging the luscious generosity of fruit. Hints of grapefruit and orange peels, apple seed and huckleberry serve for piquant counterpoint that, like the wine’s sweetness, is deftly integrated. The wafting and consummately refreshing finish is transparent to wet stone and shimmeringly crystalline mineral nuances.