2018 Schätzel, Nierstein Riesling Kabinett, 6x75cl

GRAPE VARIETIES:

Riesling

SKU:

xxx

PRODUCER:

Schätzel

REGION:

Germany

ALCOHOL CONTENT:

13%

FOOD MATCHING NOTE:

TASTING NOTE: 

Like his dry “Reinschiefer” bottling, Schätzel’s village-level Kabinett (which is his estate’s largest single bottling) issues from Hipping, Ölberg, Pettenthal and Schloss Schwabsburg. With residual sugar in the lower 40s, it reflects a creeping-up from other recent vintages, but doesn’t taste overly sweet and manages to project animating, consummately refreshing citric brightness. Faint hints of smokiness add some interest to a lusciously lingering if relatively simple finish. (The label name for this cuvée was previously spelled “KabiNett,” reflecting a play on words in German meaning “nice Kabi.”)