Tasting Highlights: 2006 German Riesling, Part 1

16 outstanding white wines that combine ripeness and high acidity
Bruce Sanderson
Posted: December 4, 2007

If you like lush, opulent Riesling, then 2006 is for you. Ripeness levels are roughly the same as 2005, but there is more acidity. Yet these are not the elegant Rieslings of 2005; the ripeness came from concentration as the grapes shriveled on the vines.

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