Schloss Johannisberg Gelblack Riesling Trocken 2020

The 2018 Schloss Johannisberger Riesling Feinherb Gelblack is the most commercially successful wine of the domain in 2019—with good reasons. The nose is clear, bright and open but intense and nicely developed, with spicy and even some very discreet oaky notes. Round and charming on the palate, this is a finessed and filigreed, persistently salty and stimulating phenolic wine in the off-dry style. The finish is very good and refined with vitality and mineral tension. A fabulous wine. Bottled with 13.7 grams of residual sugar. Tasted from AP no. 3 19 in August 2019.

Johannisberg’s Gelblack (yellow seal) hits a fine balance between sweet citrus and racy acidity in 2018. The flavors last, steadfast on their mineral underpinnings.

In terms of quantity, this is the main wine that Schloss Johannisberg is exporting and the 2017 hits the bulls-eye. Brimming with fruit that ranges from apple to grapefruit with hints of peach, pineapple and berries, this is a joyful riesling that is just off-dry enough to be one of the most flexible food wines on the planet.