From 30- to 40-year-old vines, the 2018 Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr Riesling Sp?tlese is flinty, precise and reductive on the coolish nose, with discreet and fine (but lush!) pineapple aromas and very fine notes of crushed, smooth slate. On the palate, this is a clear, fresh, lush, highly finessed, piquant and salty Riesling with very tannins and lingering salinity and piquancy. This is a fabulous Sp?tlese with piquant finesse and mineral tension that seems to be familiar with that of the Scharzhofberger and the Euchariusberg. I can hardly imagine any better Sp?tlese from 2018. Tasted from the cask in March 2019.