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Wine Notes
Price Range of 750ml bottle, ex-tax in USD
Average: $30
From: $27 To: $32
Score: 91.
When to drink: 2011 to 2019
The Wine-Searcher score of
91/100
is calculated from the following wine critic
scores:
| Critic | Score | When to drink |
| CellarTracker | 92/100 (29 notes from 13 users ) | |
| Stephen Tanzer | 92/100 | |
| Wine Spectator | 91/100 | |
| Jancis Robinson | 17.5/20 |
Awards
| Award Organization | Award Year | Result | |
| Decanter World Wine Awards | 2010 | Silver | |
| International Wine & Spirit Competition | 2010 | Silver (Best In Class) | |
| Watery pale clear tinged lemon with green glints. Cornflowers, lime zest, mandarin peach stone and pretzel nose. Gorgeously driven in the mouth, crystal clear purity, tingling flavours of citrus and minerals, the salty tang of youthful riesling, sleek honed perfection that will only improve with bottle age. | |||
Price History for 2009 Weingut Josef Leitz Rudesheimer Berg Roseneck Riesling Spatlese
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Grape Variety: Riesling
Riesling is a light-skinned, aromatic grape of German origin which is - if the majority of top wine critics are to be believed - the world's finest white wine grape variety.
For many, the claim above may seem at odds with the sea of chaptalized, low-quality wine exported from Germany in the late 20th century. In truth, very little of that infamous wine was Riesling at all (Riesling became a scapegoat for higher-yielding grapes such as Müller-Thurgau and Silvaner), but the reputation has nonetheless stuck. No less unshakeable a stereotype is of Riesling as just a 'sweet' grape, used only to make sticky wines. Although founded on a basic truth ( ... more
Region Hierarchy
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Rudesheim wine region
Rüdesheim is a town on the northern banks of the Rhine river in the wine-growing region of Rheingau, Germany. It is located at around 50 degrees northern latitude, just west of Geisenheim. The area was first settled by Celts, followed by the Romans in the 1st century, who brought with them their wine-making knowledge, as evidenced in the local wine museum. Today the town attracts three million tourists per year, many of whom come for the rich wine tradition in the steep vineyards in the surrounding Taunus mountains.
Rüdesheim hosts 11 registered single vineyard sites, although only five of these are classified by the VDP as Erste Lage & ... more
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Bereich Johannisberg wine region
Each of Germany's 13 wine-producing regions is divided into smaller districts known as Bereiche. Reference to these sub-regions has fallen from fashion in recent years, but they still exist as part of the landscape of German wine law.
Bereich Johannisberg is the only official sub-region of Rheingau and is contig ... more
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