Parker/Reinhardt - 94

 

Predominantly based on Bergstrasse (granite) grapes but also from the Pfalz (limestone), the NV Riesling Brut Nature Réserve Perpétuelle includes the vintages 2013 to 2017 and was bottled in November 2018. Disgorged in June last year after 42 months sur lattes (total production: 2520 bottles), the wine offers the most impressive bouquet of all the sparkling Rieslings tasted from this domaine for this report. The nose is deep, pure and elegant with perfectly ripe fruit aromas intertwining with the slightly oaky as well as flinty notes of the granite terroirs in the Hessische Bergstrasse. Fresh and round on the palate, this is a dense and mouth-filling yet still young and tempestuous sparkling wine that still needs to settle. The finish is saline and pure, with not a single gram of sugar since it is rich and powerful enough. I assume this Sekt will mature very well on the bottle, and I recommend keeping it for at least two or three more years. 12.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted in March 2023.