Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium 2000

Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium
2000 Oberemmeler Rosenberg Riesling
Hochgewachs
9.0% abv

Bright, clear and medium intensity gold. The nose is intense and quite complex. Toffee apple, apricot and honeysuckle as well as stewed apple. Showing some interesting development as well. This wine has some residual sugar, but is very acidic, even after nine years so it remains crisp and refreshing. The palate has a more intense fruit character than the nose. Apples, apricots and some tart green fruit - maybe grapefruit. The sweetness is more like honey than toffee on the palate. This wine obviously would have been fine with a little more age since the palate is still very fruity. The length is fantastic - 1 minute plus. Well balanced until close to the very end. Only criticism would be the finish can be a little cloying (after about 30s or so).

A very good wine, particularly since 2000 was not a great year for Mosel-Saar-Ruwer Rieslings. Would be interested to see what the 2005 was like. Well balanced with complex flavour profile. Developing nicely, but would still last for quite a few years more. Considering that this was from Majestic for a little over a fiver (bought a few years ago) this is cracking value for money. In fact, would be good value at more than twice the price. Long live the unpopularity of German wines!