Fritz Haag Brauneberger Juffer Riesling Spatlese 2023
(Mosel, Germany) - [JS 95] [VM 94] [DM 93]

About the Wine:
A precise and delicately defined dry-style Riesling, harvested from this estate's wholly-owned hillside of contiguous vineyards. The wine perfectly captures the exotic fruit and delicate precision that are classic characteristics of the Grunhaus estate. It is made in the German trocken (dry ) style, which balances a small amount of residual sweetness (less than nine grams per liter) with vibrant acidity.

Ratings & Reviews

95 Points - James Suckling:
"What a haunting beauty this fabulously elegant Spatlese is. The cool, slightly limey freshness exactly balances delicate grape sweetness. This lies right on the borderline of light-bodied and medium-bodied, but the way it does that and simultaneously walks the tightrope of sweetness and dryness is what makes this so exciting. Drink or hold." - Stuart Pigott (Aug 2024)

94 Points - Vinous Media:
"The 2023 Riesling Brauneberger Juffer Spätlese is initially shy on the nose and requires air to reveal its pale lemon scent with a hint of passionfruit. The palate offers slender, cool, bright freshness with a delightful lemon and passionfruit tartness that tingles and shimmers. Moving solely on tiptoe, this wine dances under your skin. (Drink between 2026-2056)." - Anne Krebiehl (Dec 2024)

93 Points - Decanter Magazine:
"The Spätlese from the super steep Brauneberger Juffer site. The fruit character is certainly buoyed brilliantly by the mineral and floral tones. Aromatics of sweet pears, spice, and white florals are exuberant. The palate shows ample ripe fruits from the later picking for Spätlese, but the spice and stony minerality carry the wine through its impressive finish." - Clive Pursehouse (Dec 2024)