From vines planted in the 1970s in the "Hochmauer" section of the cru and fermented in an oval Halbstück (600 liter), the 2018 Im Pitterberg Riesling Spätlese (Gold Capsule) offers a clear, deep, ripe and intense yet fine and spicy, crystalline and complex bouquet with lovely ripe and intense fruit aromas and more flinty-mineral notes than the regular Spätlese. Round and crystalline on the palate, this is a lush and fresh, really sharp Spätlese with generous sweetness. This is an excellent and promising wine, but it needs more time than the regular Pitterberg Spätlese.

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