Hattenheimer Engelmannsberg Riesling Feinherb, Spreitzer 2016

Our Engelmannsberg always goes into the same Stückfass,” notes Spreitzer, “and fermentation virtually always comes to a halt at legal Halbtrockenheit.” Ceylon tea, sea breeze and corn tassel in the nose find subtle subsequent expression on the wine’s polished, buoyant palate.

The mouthwateringly-persistent finish is infectiously juicy as well as wonderfully transparent to myriad herbal and mineral nuances. What a model of Rheingau restraint, complexity, balance and “hidden sweetness