Weingut Dr. Hermann, Erdener Pralat Trockenbeerenauslese LGK Alte Reben 2020

The intensely golden colored 2020 Erdener Prälat Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese Alte Reben (Long Gold Capsule) was picked at 220° Oechsle and opens with a rich and intense, super concentrated, syrupy and tangy bouquet of dried and stewed stone fruits, pineapples, lemons and broken stones. Full-bodied, extremely rich and dense on the generous, oily-textured palate, this is a super sweet but fruity rather than sugary, highly elegant and even filigreed TBA with persistently salty and thus stimulating, remarkably fine but precise and perfectly integrated acidity. If ever you have feared the abundant sweetness of a TBA, it tastes much less sweet here, and you won’t resist drinking sip after sip of this fabulous wine. This has 6% stated alcohol plus 380 grams per liter of residual sugar, which is not only 100 grams per liter less than in 2018 but it is also lifted by a total acidity of 13.4 grams per liter. Only 34 liters made, though. Natural cork. Tasted from AP 30 21 in November 2021.