2019 was a warmer year, and the 2019 Ekam is a little riper and has lower acidity but still has 6.3 grams of sugar, which makes it off-dry and not apt for all foods. It's mostly Riesling that softened by a touch of Albariño, and it fermented in stainless steel and was kept with the lees for six months. It reminds me of the little-known category of German wine called feinherb, where the wines are delicate and have a touch of sugar, a little more than a trocken. It's more gentle, more open and less sweet than the 2018. There is great purity and balance, and it's subtle, elegant and very clean. Drink this as you would drink a kabinett. Like most of these wines, it has the acidity, stuffing and balance to develop in bottle. I understood it much better than the 2018. 30,000 bottles and 300 magnums produced. It was bottled in March 2020.
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Castell D'encus Ekam 2019 750ml
Rated 93 by Wine Advocate
2019 was a warmer year, and the 2019 Ekam is a little riper and has lower acidity but still has 6.3 grams of sugar, which makes it off-dry and not apt for all foods. It's mostly Riesling that softened by a touch of Albariño, and it fermented in stainless steel and was kept with the lees for six months. It reminds me of the little-known category of German wine called feinherb, where the wines are delicate and have a touch of sugar, a little more than a trocken. It's more gentle, more open and less sweet than the 2018. There is great purity and balance, and it's subtle, elegant and very clean. Drink this as you would drink a kabinett. Like most of these wines, it has the acidity, stuffing and balance to develop in bottle. I understood it much better than the 2018. 30,000 bottles and 300 magnums produced. It was bottled in March 2020.
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Pale, green-hued straw. Bright and incisive on the nose, displaying fresh citrus fruit and floral scents and a dusty mineral topnote. Racy and precise on the palate, offering nervy lemon zest, green apple and quinine flavors that unfold slowly on the back half. Shows firm bite and mineral cut on a long, penetrating finish that leaves a subtle honeysuckle note behind.
IN SIGHT
Light straw yellow
ON THE NOSE
Intense, floral notes of spring daisy, mango and grapefruit
IN THE MOUTH
Notes of dry peach and citrus notes of lime. Long with good freshness and acidity.
POST TASTE
Long, fruity and complex.
GUEST REVIEWS
This wine will develop in the bottle the complexity of the Rieslings of cold climate, always accompanied by an integrated acidity and the glyceric length of botried wines.