J.B. BeckerRiesling Walkenberg Spätlese Dry Alte Reben 2021 (750ml)

Both of the dry Spätlesen – the “Spätlese Trocken” – are monuments to Becker and to his style. Again, the 2015 comment is apt – same thing here. Not since the 2015 vintage have I had these wines with such depth and force and structure. To be fair, 2015 was a riper vintage and so the wines tend to have more fruit. I’ve also tasted the “Alte Reben” or “old vine” Spätlese Trocken three times and this wine is even more linear and cut – you could say it was austere if it didn’t have such obvious depth and texture. This is simply a great wine in its extreme youth. Decant now, or let’s talk in fifteen years? Honestly who knows. I had a 1979 Kabinett Trocken from Hans Josef probably in 2020 that tasted like spring water so who knows. How about this: Drink 2025 to 2381?