Wegeler, Graacher Riesling, Feinherb

We could not resist re-offering this exceptional Riesling when its importer made another parcel available to us. Although it was very well-received by subscribers the first time around, I was reminded of just how special this wine is when I re-tasted it; there’s no doubt it’s one of the best-value German Rieslings we’ve ever offered, and therefore deserves another hearing.As I noted previously, this wine is one of those textbook German Rieslings that forces us to confront what “sweet” and “dry” really mean—how those definitions vary from person to person, and how even the wines with very pronounced sugar levels manage to “finish” dry, or almost so. Thinking of a hint of sweetness as a “bad” thing in a wine, especially a German Riesling, is a thing of the past: This 2015 Riesling ‘Feinherb’ (‘off-dry’) from Wegeler is a joyful, delectable, exceptionally complex white wine, and its hint of residual sugar only heightens its charm. It is made from fruit sourced entirely from Graacher-Himme