Prinz, Hallgartener Jungfer, Goldkapsel, Riesling Auslese 1998 (375ml) SPAIN 16% concrete and the rest

16% concrete and the rest in old barrels

residual raspberry and cherry fruit with a stern yet bracing overlay of austerity and salinity

At first super closed upon opening it but it quickly opened up and just kept getting better over the course of drinking it

that spent 22 months in French oak barrels

Prinz, Hallgartener Jungfer, Goldkapsel, Riesling Auslese 1998 (375ml) SPAIN 16% concrete and the restFred Prinz is perhaps Germany's greatest 'garage' winemaker. Initially he made a name for himself as a top winemaker in Rheingau while working at the region's largest estate, Kloster Eberbach. The wine drinking world is supremely lucky that Mr. Prinz is now devoting his time and considerable talents to making unbelievably good wines under the Prinz label. This is from one of Prinz's most prized sites, Jungfer, and it shows admirable intensity and real