nose indicates a german Spätburgunder - a good one, palate dark, black, coal tar with very little black currant, no sweetness, a lot of structure & tannins, animating. perfect in drinking window now
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Vintage check, loads of beeswax, very fresh, acidity driven lemonade, typical Wehlener nose, but still quite shut down, think there is some upside potential, wait another 2years. Now 91, expect 92-93 then.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Nice! I mean, this is Lemberger, and this is nine years old now, and this is the basic wine, entry level. but it's nice, deep red colour, black berries, cassis, very very little "flüchtige Säure"/ volatile acid, with present tannins (mouth drying). Perfect integration of everything, no deep depth, no complex complexity, but this wine is delivering. No ageing, perfect in the drinking window now, would expect some 5-10 years to go (while not beeing one of these svabian connoisseurs and Spätzle-with-Sauce-lovers like my friends from Stuttgart and Esslingen).
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
1/13/2024 8:18:00 PM - Dear G, thanks for your comment and it is a relief to find someone who doesn't think I am a maniac for thinking as I do on the '21 vintage.
In Oz, the drinker expects bone dry Riesling, which is good at one level, as I can load up on the 'off-dry' styles, whereas there can be a lot of competition for the Kabinett/Trocken styles.
I have found some malic imbalance in many of the dry styles from '21, but that has tended to really create fantastic tension in the off dry styles.
I see you have enjoyed an older Rebholz - I have been impressed by their wines. Any thoughts on their work more generally?
2012 Karl H. Johner Blauer Spätburgunder "SJ"
5/1/2024 - guenter Likes this wine: 92 Points
nose indicates a german Spätburgunder - a good one, palate dark, black, coal tar with very little black currant, no sweetness, a lot of structure & tannins, animating. perfect in drinking window now
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
2016 Weingut Max Ferd. Richter Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett
5/1/2024 - guenter Likes this wine: 91 Points
Vintage check, loads of beeswax, very fresh, acidity driven lemonade, typical Wehlener nose, but still quite shut down, think there is some upside potential, wait another 2years. Now 91, expect 92-93 then.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
2015 Weingut Dautel Lemberger *** Gipskeuper
4/20/2024 - guenter Likes this wine: 90 Points
Nice! I mean, this is Lemberger, and this is nine years old now, and this is the basic wine, entry level. but it's nice, deep red colour, black berries, cassis, very very little "flüchtige Säure"/ volatile acid, with present tannins (mouth drying). Perfect integration of everything, no deep depth, no complex complexity, but this wine is delivering. No ageing, perfect in the drinking window now, would expect some 5-10 years to go (while not beeing one of these svabian connoisseurs and Spätzle-with-Sauce-lovers like my friends from Stuttgart and Esslingen).
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment