vinous 2018
Rating: 90 –90
Passion fruit, papaya and apple feature on a very ripe nose and a correspondingly rich, plush palate. Fortunately, 13% alcohol makes itself evident only as fullness and gloss. Hints of caraway, apple seed piquancy and alkaline accents all serve for flavor interest as well as welcome tactile counterpoint on a finish whose imposing length might otherwise have come off as soft and single-mindedly fruity. But there is less clarity and ultimately less enticement of the next sip than on the finish of the corresponding Juffer. Haag perceives this bottling as a relatively long keeper, though I am skeptical on that count.