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| Drinking window: Drink between 2014 and 2024 (based on 52 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.8 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 26 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by GTFreek on 3/13/2017: Blind tasted, showing bruised apple, bruised pear, yellow flowers. I said Savennieres, others said Riesling. (1449 views) | | | Tasted by Tubulus on 2/12/2017 & rated 89 points: Some strange off tastes on opening, though it calmed down about 20 minutes later. Agree that is has a bit of a grassy thing going on, and this vintage seems like a combination of slightly bitter apples and tropical fruits/bananas. Relatively full mouthfeel, could use some more acidity to balance out in the finish (imagine, a Lauer that needs more acidity!). Weirdly get the slightest hint of alcohol - the label says 12.5 though I think it's higher. Barely off-dry. Definitely has been improving the longer it's open. I'll probably save my last bottle for another 5 years for science. (1298 views) | | | Tasted by Saxman1984 on 1/29/2017: Despite some folks describing this as a dry wine, I feel this is clearly in the feinherb category. It is a beautiful, balanced wine. I just wish I could find more Lauer wines in the Chicagoland marketplace. It is becoming increasingly frustrating to find quality wines, especially Riesling in Chicago. (1215 views) | | | Tasted by Tubulus on 7/28/2016 & rated 88 points: A bit shrill when cold (not surprising), really rounds out nicely with some air and warmth but still missing some balance. Good, not great. (1498 views) | | | Tasted by juffer on 8/30/2015 & rated 93 points: Similar experience as previous bottle. Outstanding value. Intensely mineral nose. Light weight mid palate, yet loads of dry extract. Good long finish. (1789 views) | | | Tasted by juffer on 9/3/2014 & rated 93 points: Outstanding. Who would have thought a dry wine from the Saar could be this good. Light as a feather yet impressive concentration. Excellent complex mineral nose. Light mid palate, but still gives the impression of loads of dry extract. Finish is long and dry, with plenty of refreshing acidity (strikes me as lots of malic and some citric with less of a tarteric impression than I'm used to with Mosel wines - I'm trying to get better at identifying acids). (1316 views) | | | Tasted by rc@ughey on 9/2/2014 & rated 87 points: Still tasty and balanced, but lacking the electricity and minerality of other bottles. Merely good but not exciting. Don't know what was off here. (1422 views) | | | Tasted by KingSlacker999 on 4/13/2014: Very dry with lots of lemon. Intriguing wine that I don't think is in its best place now, probably should wait at least another couple years before checking in again. (1588 views) | | | Tasted by coremill on 9/1/2013: No formal note. Better than the last time I had this, still a bit green and grassy, but the slight sweetness is more noticeable and the fruit is more promienent. Decent but still my least favorite vintage of this wine out of the last 4. (1808 views) | | | Tasted by Charlie Carnes on 7/9/2013: Lime, slate, silica, flower in a lofty soaring light bodied package. I am loving 2011, they have been especially delicious at this young age. (1751 views) | | | Tasted by rc@ughey on 6/23/2013 & rated 91 points: Consistent with my previous note. (1346 views) | | | Tasted by Charlie Carnes on 6/13/2013: Put this in the freezer for a quick chill. Left it too long and it pushed the cork and spilled into freezer. GREAT! (1446 views) | | | Tasted by rc@ughey on 6/6/2013 & rated 91 points: I think it was Levenberg who once wrote that buying Lauer is like paying a utility bill. I agree. Each vintage is wonderful and, better yet, each vintage is totally unique. This is a sleeker, more piercing version of the Senior. The acids and minerals are dialed up, but this still has the ripe-fruit stuffing to make this super enjoyable. Gulpable. A lovely food wine -- heck, a lovely anything wine. (1257 views) | | | Tasted by kuumies on 5/11/2013: Very tempting, pure nose of ripe and (at the same time) tart apple, pear, lychee and citrusy minerality. That's a lot of fruit, but still the nose displays nice restraint. On the palate ripe and fleshy, almost oily, with a distinctively dry and sour finish. Feels off-dry and a bit soft at first, but gets quite dry and acidic in the end. Early on I thought that this would be one of those unbalanced, harsh trockens but quickly it really fleshened up and turned out to be quite an enjoyable, lipsmackingly refreshing drink. While I prefer the fruity styled Rieslings of the Mosel, this must be one of the most drinkable trockens/feinherbs from the region that I have come across. Really all about texture and sharp, palate cleansing acidity. (1168 views) | | | Tasted by sharonandroland on 3/23/2013 & rated 92 points: Powerful minerality - will be wonderful with age (936 views) | | | Tasted by marc d on 3/4/2013: Really good bottle, lime aid, minerals galore. Great with mussels cooked with ginger, lemon grass and kaffir lime leaves. (1179 views) | | | Tasted by cartime on 2/25/2013 & rated 91 points: In contrast to seemingly everyone else, I really liked this. White peach, green apple, lemongrass, honeysuckle, minerally nose. Ripe and fruity, yet dry, on the palate. Spritzy acids and nice concentration. Really nice for the price. (1059 views) | | | Tasted by ekallio on 2/25/2013: Spritzy, tasty, good. Not as terrific as the '11 Keller von der Fels, but a really nice basic trocken. (1202 views) | | | Tasted by EMichels on 2/16/2013 & rated 90 points: Tighter; More tart; Still nice (962 views) | | | Tasted by CamWheeler on 2/13/2013 & rated 89 points: Quite intense nose, with florals, stonefruit and orange peel. Off dry palate, say around 10 g/l. Well balanced with medium fruit weight. Should age decently. (947 views) | | | Tasted by BurgAndy on 11/30/2012: Very interesting. Smokey lychee nose, sweet and savory white and yellow fruit on the palate. Comes across as having less acid and RS compared to the 2010. I like it. Not as flashy as the 2010 but has a lot going on, somewhat atypical. Tasted over three evenings. (1088 views) | | | Tasted by Tubulus on 11/5/2012 & rated 88 points: While certainly a good wine this does not ascent to the heights of the 2010. Oh well. (1098 views) | | | Tasted by coremill on 11/1/2012 & rated 85 points: With its grassy flavors, medium to light body and taut, powerful acid, this tastes exactly like a decent sauvignon blanc, a grape I have never liked. This vintage lacks both the juicy drinkability that made the 09 so much fun and the concentration of fruit extract that made the 2010 so impressive. The first Lauer wine I've had that I've not liked. Massively disappointing. (1163 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Peter Lauer Producer website
Winery in the 5ht generation. 100% Riesling in the wineyards Ayler Kupp, Feils, Schonfels. Ayl is located at the Saar river, which today belongs to the wine-region "Mosel".
Weingut Peter Lauer . Ayl
Inh. Florian Lauer
Triererstr. 49
D-54441 Ayl
Mosel / GermanyRiesling Varietal character (Appellation America) | A short history of Riesling (Uncork) | Riesling (wikipedia)Ayler Kupp On weinlagen.info
The Ayler Kupp, originally one of the great vineyards of the Saar, ha been much diluted by addditions of Einzellage with inappropriate land; indeed, it is a classic example of the harm caused by the 1971 reorganizations of vineyards. This has so damaged the reputation of wines made in the Ayler Kupp that very few are now imported into the US. It's only the retailers and importers that are passionate about classic Ayler Kupp thatII had seen here before recently iis one from the 1983 vintage! jhtGermany Wines of Germany | The Association of German Prädikat Wine Estates (VDP) | How to read a German wine label | Geographical Information Down to Single Vineyards
#2014 Vintage Notes:
2014 Vintage Report by Terry Theise
2014 Vintage Report by Wine Spectator
"My gut still tells me the Saar (and to some extent) the Ruwer are better overall in 2014 than the more storied areas of the Mosel proper, but those that spent the requisite time living in their middle-Mosel vineyards made some of the most electric and "feathery" Riesling in a long time (maybe the finest in 20 years - yes, it's true!)" - Jon Rimmerman (Of course only a very short historical memory would call the Saar and Ruwer less 'storied' than the middle Mosel - jht)Mosel Saar RuwerStarting in 2007 the German wine authorities have changed labeling laws to rename all of the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer wines to just "Mosel." This puts this and other database driven sites in a difficult spot, as millions of old wine label reflect the former labeling. As described here, CellarTracker has elected to remain with the old labeling for a number of years to avoid confusion. At some point we will switch over to just "Mosel" but not for a few years at least.
Mosel WeinKulturland (Moselwein e.V.)
Detailed geographical information at weinlagen.info
#2018 Vintage Notes:
"Acid levels are relatively low throughout Riesling-growing Europe (acidification will once again be permitted in Germany – no surprise, as that’s been the case in eight of the last 10 vintages); but because malic acid was baked off or degraded by relentlessly balmy weather means, what acid remains is overwhelmingly of the efficacious tartaric sort. Extract levels are low, as one would anticipate from a growing season during which relatively little moisture was coursing through the vine’s roots and shoots. [...] Everyone is astonished how there could have been so much juice despite the drought." - David Schildknecht
"2018 is a homogenous vintage with a very high general level, below which it seldom falls [...] It leads with blossom. It is perhaps 80% delicious and 20% fascinating." - Terry Theise
#2017 Vintage Notes:
"not so friendly towards light wines" - Milkmansteve
#2016 Vintage Notes: "Overall, 2016 is a charmer of a vintage with much immediate ripe and fruity appeal, not unlike 2011 (in fresher) or 2007 (in lighter). However, 2016 is far from being homogeneous, in fact it is composed of a mosaic of vintages, a result of the freakish growing conditions. Hidden inside the vintage, there are true gems with the balance of 1997, one of the best vintages ever, 2002 or even 2008. The bulk of the harvest was brought in with refreshingly moderate sugar levels. Overall, the Saar and Ruwer produced slightly fresher wines than the Middle Mosel but there are great differences between Estates. The good harvest conditions allowed for some Auslese, little BA and even TBA wines, but some remarkably pure and fruity Eiswein.
In general, 2016 offers the opportunity to acquire Riesling with great immediate ripe appeal: The vintage is a true charmer. At the top, 2016 is one of the most exciting and elegantly balanced vintage since the 1990s and well-worth stocking up for cellaring! In particular, we urge our readers to literally plunge onto the finest Kabinett and Spätlese: These are some of the most exciting and classic we have ever tasted. 2016 looks also set to become a major vintage for dry Riesling, provided the aromatics are not overripe. Lovers of dessert wines will find much to love in 2016 as the Auslese are pure and the Eiswein are gorgeously fruity. They should however also keep an eye open for the remaining stunning noble-sweet wines from 2015 which are still available here and there." - Mosel Fines Wines, No. 36, July 2017
#2014 Vintage Notes:
"The heterogeneity of the 2014 vintage carries over onto the aging process. The top wines start to close down, as one would expect from these wines which are a remake of those from the 1990s. The wines affected by gin, saffron and mushroom flavors are still comparatively open and offer a not unattractive Scheurebe styled fruit opulence. We would opt to drink up these lesser wines except for the odd bottle and bury the little treasures of the vintage deep into the cellar." - Mosel Fines Wines, No. 30, March 2016
#2013 Vintage Notes:
"The fruity-styled 2013 wines have firmed up significantly since last year and start to show signs of closing down, making the underlying acidity seemingly sharp and out of balance. The better dry wines have come out of their early armor of smoke and tannin but the acidity may prove quite challenging. Quite frankly, except for some smaller bottlings, this is a vintage to lay down and wait." - Mosel Fines Wines, No. 27, March 2015
#2012 Vintage Notes:
"The 2012 wines have put on some flesh and go through a 'fattier' phase which is not unlike what the 2007 went through at the same period. However, the zestier acidity cuts through this 'weight' and makes the wines thoroughly enjoyable at this early stage. In particular the fruity Kabinett and Spatlese as well as the off-dry and dry wines offer much pleasure. We expect these wines to close down over the coming year or two. Enjoy while it lasts!" - Mosel Fines Wines, No. 27, March 2015
#2011 Vintage Notes:
"A bit to our surprise, the 2011 wines have shut down and go through a quite difficult and muted phase now. Their low acidity combined with their maturity makes them feel rich, opulent and often bulky, and thus not really enjoyable. We expect that these will need at least a decade to integrate their sweetness and gain in harmony. The only exception is the dry wines, whose low acidity makes for great food companionship." - Mosel Fines Wines, No. 27, March 2015
#2010 Vintage Notes:
"After a mellower period in 2012, many 2010 wines have firmed up and developed a stronger smoky side. However, most continue to shine through their fruit opulence, structure and deliciously zesty but ripe acidity. This suits in particular the off-dry bottlings, which have more charm than the legally dry wines. Will these wines close down? Actually, the softening acidity makes us wonder now but it also provides further evidence that these wines will turn out harmonious after all." - Mosel Fines Wines, No. 27, March 2015
#2009 Vintage Notes:
"Most 2009 wines have closed down, which accentuates their round and soft side forward. Many can still be quite enjoyable but the times of primary fruit with its attractive aromatic expression and a generous acidic kick are now over. Except for the dry wines, we would definitely recommend keeping your hands off any bottle in your cellar and possibly buying more wines from this vintage on the market as these are true gems in the making." - Mosel Fines Wines, No. 27, March 2015 |
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