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| Drinking window: Drink between 2016 and 2022 (based on 9 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.4 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 8 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Adam Pritzker on 4/27/2024 & rated 92 points: 92+ Nice gold color. Bouquet of green apple, talc, hint of caramel, a hint of petrol. Bone dry with good acidity. But still there's nice fruit to keep it well balanced. Flavors of tart apple with some petrol along with talc and minerals and slate. Long finish. Drinking well now and it is transitioning into an older stage. Outstanding qpr. Based on the petrol notes if they become more prominent maybe it may be better to drink up sooner rather than later (279 views) | | | Tasted by Adam Pritzker on 2/10/2024 & rated 91 points: It has been 5 years since my last tasting note. I believe I had this a couple years ago. And it was really showing great at that time. This wine is now in a transition period leaving it s youthful fruit and bracing acidity and transitioning to a more mature Riesling style. Like gold color. Delicious bouquet of honey, caramel, baked apple. Medium bodied with very good concentration and good fruit. The first thing that hits you is good acidity followed by flavors of apple and caramel and honey. Mostly acidic tart apple flavors. Long finish. And still tastes bone dry and goes great with food. Once again can be enjoyed on its own without food. Drink now to 2034, probably longer based on how much acidity there is. Just keep in mind that the acidity will continue to fall and it's going to taste more like a generic old Riesling over time. It could last even longer. Outstanding qpr. This was the second dry Riesling that they made, the first being the 2012 (397 views) | | | Tasted by raccah on 3/24/2020 & rated 93 points: This wine is crazy good, many thought it was better than the Nik Weis, and many days later, I enjoyed them side by side, and I would agree, this wine is going to be fun to keep around to taste with the Nik for years to come.
It is another hit for this lovely bone-dry riesling. Ernie has been making them every two years now, starting with the inaugural 2012 vintage.
The nose on this lovely wine has stopped being all about tropical notes and much more about the insane petrol, mineral, and intense saline, with lovely floral notes, that gives way to ripe melon, guava, peach, and apricot. The mouth on this medium plus body wine has a nice almost viscous, with a clearly mouth-filling mouthfeel, that is now showing surprisingly oily in nature, with incredible and piercing acidity, honeyed notes, grapefruit, citrus, along with great tart fruit. The finish is long and refreshing, crisp and intense, with nice mineral, slate, and spice that lingers long, with the honey/petrol/citrus/honeysuckle lingering for almost ever! BRAVO! (1705 views) | | | Tasted by Adam Pritzker on 8/6/2019 & rated 90 points: Nice light gold color. Great balance. Not as crunchy mineral as it was the last time I tasted it. Great dry crisp green apple fruit with lemon, salt, acidity (loads of acid). Bone dry. Great food wine. Can age another 5 years, possibly another 15. Will check up on it regularly. Impressive. Great QPR. A must try (486 views) | | | Tasted by raccah on 5/25/2018 & rated 92 points: This wine is crazy good, many thought it was better than the Nik Weis, and many days later, I enjoyed them side by side, and I would agree, this wine is going to be fun to keep around to taste with the Nik for years to come.
It is another hit for this lovely bone-dry Riesling. Ernie has been making them every two years now, starting with the inaugural 2012 vintage.
The nose on this lovely wine has stopped being all about tropical notes and much more about the insane petrol, mineral, and intense saline, with lovely floral notes, that gives way to ripe melon, guava, peach, and apricot. The mouth on this medium plus body wine has a nice almost viscous, but clearly mouth filling mouthfeel, that is now showing surprisingly oily in nature, it was not as vicious in the past, with intense acidity, honeyed notes, grapefruit, citrus, along with great tart fruit. The finish is long and refreshing, crisp and intense, with nice mineral, slate, and spice that lingers long, with the honey/petrol/citrus/honeysuckle lingering for almost ever! BRAVO! (979 views) | | | Tasted by nzinkgraf on 1/20/2017: Coombsville. Waxy, winters aromas. (718 views) | | | Tasted by raccah on 8/2/2016 & rated 91 points: This is another hit of the bone dry Riesling from Hagafen. Sadly, there was none made in 2015, so get more of the 2014, it is doing fine, buy where u can find it! The nose on this lovely wine now starts off with crazy petrol, intense honeysuckle, floral notes, melon, guava, mounds of tropical fruit, peach and nectarines, but petrol and honey notes dominate. The mouth on this medium plus body wine has a nice almost viscous, but clearly mouth filling mouthfeel, with nice acidity, litchi, crazy mineral, saline, and great tart fruit. The finish is long and refreshing, crisp and intense, with nice mineral, slate and spice that lingers long. BRAVO! (1278 views) | | | Tasted by raccah on 3/19/2016 & rated 91 points: It is another hit for this lovely bone dry riesling. Ernie has been making them for three years now, with the 2012 being the inaugural release.
The nose on this lovely wine starts off with crazy melon, guava, mounds of tropical fruit, peach and nectarines, but kiwi and honey notes dominate. The mouth on this medium plus body wine has a nice almost viscous, but clearly mouth filling mouthfeel, with nice acidity, litchi, crazy mineral, saline, and great tart fruit. The finish is long and refreshing, crisp and intense, with nice mineral, slate and spice that lingers long. BRAVO! (914 views) |
| Hagafen Producer websiteRiesling Varietal character (Appellation America) | A short history of Riesling (Uncork) | Riesling (wikipedia)USAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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