In describing this bottling's 2016 predecessor I led with the following: ?Even more effusively floral than its Fr?htau counterpart, this offers iris, violets and lily-of-the-valley.? That description holds as well for this 2017, where those characteristics also translate into musky, bittersweet inner-mouth perfumes. There are the lusciously juicy white peach and subtly green, clover-chomping counterpoint familiar from this year's ?Fr?htau,? now in the context of enhanced textural refinement and buoyancy. Along with finishing salinity comes a complex, mouthwatering meaty-nutty-mineral savor akin to mussel stock.

David Schildknecht - Vinous Media (93)