Rausch Riesling Spätlese – Vintages Compared 2017–2023
Discover the fascination of a vertical tasting: With the Zilliken Rausch Riesling Spätlese Tasting Package, you can sample different vintages and experience how wonderfully a Riesling Spätlese from the VDP.GROSSE LAGE Saarburger Rausch can mature. This package showcases the enormous aging potential and the elegant balance of sweetness, acidity, and minerality – a highlight for every Riesling lover.
Zilliken Rausch Riesling Spätlese – lively, mineral, elegant
The grapes grow on Devon slate and diabase and are aged in neutral fuder barrels after manual harvesting. This finely fruity, juicy, and animating Riesling convinces with precise acidity, smoky minerality, and a harmonious balance of fruit and sweetness, which makes it seem weightless despite its residual sweetness. It impresses even when young but unfolds its full potential after 7–10 years of bottle aging. The 2017 vintage was awarded 93 points by Gault Millau and honored as the best Kabinett of the year.
Included in this wine package
This package contains one bottle of Zilliken Rausch Riesling Spätlese from each of the following years:
- 2017 (7.5% Alc. – 80.4 g/l Residual Sugar – 9.1 g/l Acidity)
- 2018 (7.5% Alc. – 92 g/l Residual Sugar – 6.7 g/l Acidity)
- 2019 (8.0% Alc. – 86.4 g/l Residual Sugar – 6.9 g/l Acidity)
- 2020 (7.5% Alc. – 77.4 g/l Residual Sugar – 7.6 g/l Acidity)
- 2021 (7.5% Alc. – 74 g/l Residual Sugar – 8 g/l Acidity)
- 2023 (7.5% Alc. – 72.2 g/l Residual Sugar – 8 g/l Acidity)
Optimal Storage – Enjoyment in Every Bottle
We love aged wines and store them professionally, allowing even aged Rieslings from Weingut Forstmeister Geltz Zilliken to develop their full aroma. Our modern warehouse is powered by a geothermal heat pump, which is supplied by a photovoltaic system. Cooled in summer and gently warmed in winter – this ensures optimal ripening of the wines, keeping them in top condition for years.
Discover 6 vintages of Zilliken Rausch Riesling Spätlese from the Saar – mineral, elegant, fruity and a tasting package perfect for enjoying aged Rieslings.