A. Christmann Pfalz Riesling Trocken 2018

Medium straw color; citrus, green apple, petrol, flint on the nose; lemon-lime, green apple, clementine, minerality, honey on the palate. this delivers a simulacrum of sweetness, even honey, thanks to the ripe grapes. The amount of balancing acidity also plays into the German nomenclature scheme, and this has good balancing acidity. That is the magic of dry riesling—there is some sweetness, both from phenolic sweetness (ripe grapes) and dash of residual sugar, but all that is balanced by the superb acidity achieved because German riesling is grown in a cold climate.