2001 Weingut Toni Jost Rheingau Wallufer Wallenberg Riesling Spatlese

[TheEngineer]

I've read on other forums from people very experienced in Rieslings that the 2001's are closing up for a while. So I told this to my local pusher who knows what 2001's I have. He noted that statement to be true....except for a few bottles. This was one of them that he told me that I should finish off in the next 2-3 years.

A very straight forward bottle and it's been a while since I had a 2001 (mostly 2003's in the interim). I had forgotten about the nice minerality, acidity and balance of the 2001 wines. This spatlese was very pale straw, nice nose of green apple, was sweet on taste but finished off with a nice acidity. Medium finish. Nothing special but a good wine from a great year, not bad for the asking price of $15.99.