Intensely yellow in color, the 2011 Rheingau Riesling dry Secret Council "J" shows the opulence of the vintage and opens with intense mango and tropical fruit aromas intertwined with very subtle notes of crushed slate. Powerful and rich on the palate, this is an opulent and mouth-filling, very fruity and elegant Riesling with a long, intense and concentrated finish that reveals fine tannins and persistent saline acidity. A fabulous, rather powerful Privy Councilor "J." Location & Terroir Vineyard: Up to 15 different Erste Gewächs sites from the middle and lower Rheingau are combined in a site cuvée of the privy councilor "J". According to the principle of the first wines of Bordeaux, the first privy councilor "J" was vinified with the 1983 vintage. The internal quality requirements for this wine are still above the standard for first growths. Secret Council "J" is only vinified in good to excellent years. In rather weak vintages, such as 1984, 1987 and 1991, no privy councilor "J" wine was made. The wine will be sold together with the Grosse Gewächse. Terroir: Combination of the minerality of the Rüdesheim and Geisenheim mountain locations with the fruitful, deep loess soils of the central Rheingau.