(By Request) 2018 Keller Westhofener Morstein Felix Spatburgunder Grosses Gewachs (Versteigerung) Rheinhessen JR18.5
- Vintage
- 2018
- Producer
- Keller
- Village
- Westhofener
- Vineyard
- Morstein
- Grape
- Spatburgunder
- Classification
- Grosses Gewachs (Versteigerung)
- Region
- Rheinhessen
- Content
- 750ml
Deeper cherry red than the Frauenburg with soft pink rim. A little deeper and richer on the nose, too. Creamy and sweet fruited, very little sign of the stems except in the freshness and later in the tannins. Firm, compactly intense, the tannins are firmer but so unbelievably smooth you might overlook them. Fresh, ripe-fruited. The tannins start to build to a firmer grip as you taste a second time. So elegant and refined. Long and scented on the palate yet with a savoury, dry aftertaste.
This will be an auction wine only. 72-year-old vines, top-grafted in 2009 with Burgundy clones, yield 16–17 hl/ha without green harvest. 50% stems. Hand destemmed so that they can keep the small side stems (the pedicels) but cut out the main, thicker stem in the middle (the bunchstem). Two barrels. It took Felix Keller and a team of four two days to destem like that. Cask sample.