Richter's amber/orange colored 2011 Graacher Dompropst Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese, picked at 260° Oechsle and bottled with 5.5% alcohol plus 340 grams of unfermented sugar and 12.5 grams of total acidity, needs some time to open up and breathe free. Provided with clear and concentrated dried yellow-fleshed stone fruit, white meat and ginger flavors on the nose, this is a terribly sweet, rich and viscous TBA with great intensity and freshness. The acidity is perfectly integrated and gives remarkable finesse and elegance. The finish is even a bit salty and is certainly sweet and aromatic. This TBA fermented until early 2016 and has been filtered only after the harvest of the same year.
I tasted the wine again from the same bottle 20 days later: Dark golden apricot color with greenish reflections, it is beautifully pure, precise and fresh on the nose where perfectly ripe and dried apricot and candied grapefruit aromas intermix with piquant and earthy/stony flavors. Round, lush and highly elegant, with great finesse and lingering vitality, this is a beautifully balanced and stimulating TBA with orange flavors in the long, pure, fresh, piquant and aromatic finish. Tasted in March and April 2017. (375-milliliter bottles)
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