1990 J.B. Becker Wallufer Berg Bildstock Riesling Spatlese Trocken, Rheingau, Germany Fortaleza Formed from grey Devonian slate

Formed from grey Devonian slate

Candied orange

pink granite soil rich in mica and quartz

fermentation started with an ambient yeast pied de cuve with white grapes

1990 J.B. Becker Wallufer Berg Bildstock Riesling Spatlese Trocken, Rheingau, Germany Fortaleza Formed from grey Devonian slateThis golden, powerfully dry wine has arrived from the estate as a libary wine. From vines planted on stony, gravelly soils of the Wallufer Berg Bildstock slope (southern Rheingau), the 1990 vintage was hand harvested at Sptlese ripeness before pressing and slow fermentation to dryness. The must was fermented with indigenous yeasts, matured on its lees in large German oak casks for about 1012 months before bottling.