Weingut A.J. Adam Dhroner Hofberg Riesling Spatlese, Mosel, Germany 2021 Barboursville The defining characteristic is whole-cluster

The defining characteristic is whole-cluster fermentation (carbonic maceration)

and what promised on the nose is confirmed by the taste

Fruit-driven aromas of strawberry and raspberry sorbet are offset by plump rose buds

With blackberry

Dark fruit with cedar and herbal notes on the nose

Weingut A.J. Adam Dhroner Hofberg Riesling Spatlese, Mosel, Germany 2021 Barboursville The defining characteristic is whole-clusterThe 2021er Hofberg Sptlese, as it is referred to on the consumer label, was made from fruit harvested at 86 Oechsle in the backside of the main hill of the vineyard and was fermented down to fruity styled levels of residual sugar (62 g l). It offers a beautifully aromatic and complex nose of vineyard peach, fresh pineapple, smoke, minty herbs, fine spices (ginger), and almond. The wine proves gorgeously playful on the palate where some creamy elements