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WTN: Keller von der Fels 2018

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WTN: Keller von der Fels 2018

by Saina » Wed Jul 15, 2020 2:39 pm

Keller Riesling "von der Fels" 2018 - 12% abv; 35€ (ouch! double what it costs in Germany!)
Ok, this is pretty good stuff. I was afraid, remembering the summer temperatures in Germany, that this would be soft, fruity and very possibly disjointed by excessive fruit and inadequate acidity - I was essentially expecting a 2003 clone. Instead it was intense, properly acidic and, I must be hallucinating, elegant. Elegant is not a word I tend to use with hot year wines. Or do I just misremember when the heatwave hit Germany? Was it not 2018 where the 40 Celsius mark was broken? Anyway, buy again? Nope. Not at Finnish prices. At German prices, where this could be found for under 20€ I would buy more.
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Re: WTN: Keller von der Fels 2018

by David M. Bueker » Wed Jul 15, 2020 6:16 pm

Jeepers...35 euros is outrageous.
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Re: WTN: Keller von der Fels 2018

by Andrew Burge » Wed Jul 15, 2020 6:37 pm

Its $A70 here :(
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Re: WTN: Keller von der Fels 2018

by Rahsaan » Wed Jul 15, 2020 7:48 pm

2018 was definitely a massive heatwave in Germany, but I think the winemakers are in a very different place than they were in 2003 in terms of knowing how to respond.
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Re: WTN: Keller von der Fels 2018

by David M. Bueker » Wed Jul 15, 2020 8:19 pm

Rahsaan wrote:2018 was definitely a massive heatwave in Germany, but I think the winemakers are in a very different place than they were in 2003 in terms of knowing how to respond.


The '18s are nothing like the '03s, so you are right.
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