Domaine Barmes-Buecher Riesling Hengst

Very nice nose and mouth fruit of yellow apples. Very well I Integrated fruit and acidity ending in a warn ending with a nicely integrated tutsch of sweetness.

Sans prise de note. Voilà un riesling encore bien frais et tendu! Le millésimes 2013 apporte vraiment de la tension et de l’élan au terroir du Hengst. Il est excellent maintenant pour être bu sur sa fraîcheur mais peut être garder cinq ans sans problème, voir dix pour ceux et celles qui les aiment plus évoluer ;)

92-93. Perfect now !

91-92. Perfect now. Do not wait to drink.

The context was much more favourable for this second bottle and I liked it a lot. Riesling fragrance and fruit were present but the dominating impression was of focus, tension, fine minerals, lively moreish acidity and backbone with a saline streak. It is possible that more time will tame these elements and bring out more graciousness of fruit and aroma but I like it in this vigorous and enlivening vein. Very good.

I think I did this wine no favours by taking my first sip after Lustau's Fino, which initially made this Riesling seem quite thin by comparison. As my palate recalibrated I perceived citrus fruit on a quite dry medium- body with growing fragrance, minerals, fresh acidity, backbone and, as the wine took air, a slight round spicy undertow which contributed complexity. At the present time decanting might help and more time should reveal a wine fully worthy of its GC …

Perfect dry style riesling. Very typical of the grape. Mineral with petroleum and citrus flavors. Medium lenght and complexity. I like it a lot.