I know the old bottles of Becker have been making their way around the US, and one of my local Berlin merchants has been touting the wines for a while, so he finally convinced me to buy the 2013 J.B. Becker Wallufer Walkenberg Riesling Spätlese Trocken Alte Reben. I was not sure what to expect in terms of flavor profile or structure because I don't drink much riesling of any kind these days from the Rheingau.
I enjoyed the brisk linear direction of it all and would be happy to drink the wines again. But I didn't come away from this one bottle a convert, because the structure seemed a little tense and lacking in depth/layers, despite the fact that there was plenty of alcoholic power and weight. A combination of elements that did not seem super.
I followed it over 2 days, although perhaps I need to just forget it and come back in 2 decades! What do I know.
I enjoyed the brisk linear direction of it all and would be happy to drink the wines again. But I didn't come away from this one bottle a convert, because the structure seemed a little tense and lacking in depth/layers, despite the fact that there was plenty of alcoholic power and weight. A combination of elements that did not seem super.
I followed it over 2 days, although perhaps I need to just forget it and come back in 2 decades! What do I know.