Saarburger Rausch Riesling Spätlese, Zilliken - 2018

Name: Saarburger Rausch Riesling Spätlese, Zilliken
Brand: Zilliken
SKU: 23612
Price: 54.96 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Item # 23612 750mL

From a vintage in which wines from the Saar tributary managed to transcend their northerly brethren, Hanno Zilliken has rendered an absolutely pristine expression of fruit and slate strung together by ever-so-slight austerity. Just beginning to show signs of evolution.

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Color

White

Vintage

2018

Country

Germany

Region

Mosel-Saar-Ruwer

Sub-Region

Saar

Producer

Zilliken

Grape Variety

Riesling

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About the Producer

Saarburg, Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, Germany The Gelz-Zilliken family has been making wine for over 260 years in Saarburg, a picturesque town dating to the Middle Ages. As early as 1742, records show that the Zilliken family were active as wine producers in both Saarburg and Ockfen. The status of the estate and their wines’ reputation were established by Ferdinand Geltz, a Royal Prussian Forester who was...

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