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Hans-Joseph Becker (call him “HaJo”) produces incredibly age-worthy, dry Rieslings from the Rheingau. They are unflaggingly honest and present a vocabulary that few Rieslings can match: dried earth and rocks, herbs, something vaguely subterranean, a savory, briny, smoky atmosphere that slowly reveals fine layers of bright citrus. Becker’s white wines are like Becker himself: angular, with muscle and sinew pulled tightly over a lean frame. They flaunt a rather prominent acidity that recalls the nervier wines of the Mosel, Saar and Ruwer; though there is a weight and a density that speaks of the Rheingau. They seem to have more to do with great Chablis than with German Riesling.
Hans-Joseph Becker (call him “HaJo”) produces incredibly age-worthy, dry Rieslings from the Rheingau. They are unflaggingly honest and present a vocabulary that few Rieslings can match: dried earth and rocks, herbs, something vaguely subterranean, a savory, briny, smoky atmosphere that slowly reveals fine layers of bright citrus. Becker’s white wines are like Becker himself: angular, with muscle and sinew pulled tightly over a lean frame. They flaunt a rather prominent acidity that recalls the nervier wines of the Mosel, Saar and Ruwer; though there is a weight and a density that speaks of the Rheingau. They seem to have more to do with great Chablis than with German Riesling.
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