The nose of St.Urbans-Hof’s 2005 Ockfener Bockstein Riesling Auslese is obscured by yeasty, fermentative aromas, but the impressively dense, surprisingly firm-textured palate displays abundant, attractive sweet herbal and floral essences, and tropical fruits. The finish is quite sweet but that fits the character of its florality and fruitiness. Time is needed to really properly assess this impressive raw material. The team here – cellarmaster Rudi Hoffmann, vineyard manager Hermann Jostock, and proprietor Nik Weis – continued their streak of highly successful harvests this year, albeit at the price of extremely low yields.Importer: H. B. Wine Merchants, New York, NY; tel. (917) 402-0456