2020 Jonas Dostert Karambolage

2020
Germany
Mosel
Riesling
Rose
11.5%
75cl
Feral Factor: 2
 
Jonas is one of the top talents to emerge in the last few years in the Mosel, but this time right on the Luxembourg border. Brilliant wines, organically farmed with minimal sulphur, always so fresh and light yet complex. Our good friends at Mosel Fine Wines say:
 
The 2020er Karambolage (with L-Nr. 2-21, the reference to the grapes is written on the left of the label) was made from young vines (planted in 2014) and is an equal blend of Elbling and 10-days skin-fermented (for 10 days) Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris). It made along natural lines, i.e. without any intervention and bottled unfiltered and with little SO2 added (20 mg/l). This salmon-pink colored and slightly cloudy wine offers a beautifully aromatic and lightly oxidative nose of apple jelly, almond and hazelnut, orange zest, strawberry, rose, and minty herbs. It proves quite zesty but also well-structured and delineated on the palate. The finish is beautifully crisp, refreshing, pure, and very long. This is one of the best rosé wines we have ever tasted as it combines the natural charms of rosé with a sense of depth, freshness, and lightness usually encountered in great dry white wines. What a great success! 2022-2030 (92 points)