Jancis writes As I hope you can tell from the photo (and video) report of our first Riesling Night, this event was not only an immediate sell-out, but a great success. Stimulated by our German specialist Michael’s desire to prove how well the best dry German Rieslings age, we showed 20 pairs of Grosses Gewächs Rieslings from the 2016 (or the odd 2015) and 2008 vintages in the order shown below. Michael chose the wines and the indefatigable VDP...
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This is our second contribution to a week devoted to dry Riesling. See Julia on Keller's 2017s from cask published yesterday.
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