Leitz Riesling Rudesheimer Magdalenenkreuz Spätlese 2017

Dessert
Rheingau, Germany
6.7
WineSaint

Glossy tropical fruit dominates. Ripe fig and golden pear with honeyed sweetness that borders on cloying. Bright citrus acidity provides necessary lift, though the Magdalenenkreuz minerality gets buried under all that fruit weight. Drinks well now but lacks the tension for serious aging.

figgolden pearhoneycitrus
Label

Leitz

Leitz is a Rüdesheim-based Rheingau estate best known for its Rieslings, ranging from the accessible Eins Zwei Dry bottlings to the site-specific Grosses Gewächs of Berg Schlossberg.