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| Drinking window: Drink between 2013 and 2020 (based on 27 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.3 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 15 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by StewartWent on 12/25/2013 & rated 86 points: An unremarkable kabineet. I find it hard to connect with these styles; clean, friendly off-dry sweetness, mineral tinges, zingy finish. Quite pleasant but doesn't really have any smarts. (1999 views) | | | Tasted by EirikM on 9/14/2013 & rated 88 points: First and foremost a good food wine for me. The residual sugar, combined with good acidity worked well with a zesty grapefruit, avocado and prawn salad. Not a very complex wine, but a good example of medium-level off dry riesling.
Needs a bit of air to open up by the way. Another bottle a couple of months ago was better on day two. (2054 views) | | | Tasted by bkaasin on 2/21/2013 & rated 82 points: Lys strågul. Litt flat lukt. Søtt preg, men fin lengde og god ettersmak. (2730 views) | | | Tasted by Man in Black on 11/17/2012: Clear and shiny light golden. Medium intensity nose, yellow apples, pears, flowers, grapefruit, silex and hints of honey. Slightly sweet attack, well balanced acidity, good amplitude, long, tasty, medium body and medium-high structure. Medium-long duration and intensity aftertaste. (2594 views) | | | Tasted by Tom Henriksveen on 11/16/2012: Pale Yellow/straw color. Nose of yellow apples ans summer flowers. Palate shows some beewax, pear and melon and a hint of limestone. Sweetish entry, but with a balancing acidity. A tad bitterish on the aftertase that disturbs the overall picture, but a very nice wine it is!
Not an optimum match for North sea shrimps & mayo. (2631 views) | | | Tasted by Yagil on 9/25/2012 & rated 89 points: light golden straw color
perfumed honey-comb aroma
silky, med-full body, smooth on the palate with flavors of tropical fruits.
enjoyable as a med level Riesling. (1588 views) | | | Tasted by loegaute on 9/14/2012 & rated 87 points: Modne gule epler, sitrus og bakt ananas. Feinherb, så en del sødme, men godt balansert med frisk syre. En ganske ukomplisert vin, men vellaget og fornøyelig. God match til sushi (high end nigiri). 87p. (1531 views) |
| By Joel B. Payne
Vinous, January/February 2013, IWC Issue #166
(Schloss Johannisberg Schloss Johannisberger Riesling Kabinett Feinherb) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Schloss Johannisberg Producer website
U.S. Importer
A note on this producer and its naming/labeling convention. From: http://www.schloss-johannisberg.de/en/johannisberger.htm
The Key to the Colors
Various colors have been used to distinguish wine qualities at Schloss Johannisberg since the days of Fürst von Metternich. Then (1820), with “Siegellack” (wax seals); today, with colored capsules:
Gelblack (yellow seal): QbA
Rotlack (red seal): Kabinett
Grünlack (green seal): Spätlese
Silberlack (silver seal): 1.Gewächs (first growth)
Rosalack (pink seal): Auslese
Rosa-Goldlack (pink-gold seal): Beerenauslese
Goldlack (gold seal): Trockenbeerenauslese
Blaulack (blue seal): Eiswein
Lagenbeschreibung:
Die Lage Schloß Johannisberger ist im Monopolbesitz der Weinbau-Domäne Schloß Johannisberg. Der 50. Breitengrad verläuft direkt durch den vorgelagerten Taunusquarzitfelsen, oberhalb des Rheinlaufs zwischen Oestrich-Winkel und Geisenheim gelegen. Von Norden her wird der Weinberg durch die bewaldeten Taunushöhen gegen kalte Winde geschützt, im Süden liegt der Rhein seenartig am Fuße des Berges. In absoluter Südausrichtung, mit einer Hangneigung von bis zu 45 %, ist die Einzellage auf 114 m bis 182 m ansteigend über NN gelegen. Im östlichen Berg strahlt die Morgensonne ein, während im zentralen und südwestlichen Bereich unserer Rebfläche die intensivste Sonneneinstrahlung messbar ist. Mit rund 1.700 Sonnenstunden im Jahresmittel, weist der Schloss Johannisberger die höchste Energiezufuhr im Rheingau auf. Bereits im Jahre 1143 wurde der Weinberg als „monte sancti Johannis“ in alten Aufzeichnungen erwähnt, nachdem die benediktinische Abtei auf der Anhöhe zu Ehren Johannes dem Täufer geweiht wurde.
Seit 1720 wird hier ausschließlich Riesling angebaut und somit gilt der Johannisberger als weltweit erster geschlossener Weinberg, der mit dieser edlen Rebsorte bestockt ist. Schon im Jahre 1870 wurden die Weine in England bereits mit dem Aufdruck „first growth“ verkauft.
Boden:
Die Bodenformation aus reinem Taunusquarzit mit Auflagen von mittel- bis tiefgründigen Löss-Lehmen speichert Wärme und Wasser in besonders hohem Maße.Riesling Varietal character (Appellation America) | A short history of Riesling (Uncork) | Riesling (wikipedia)Germany 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)Rheingau VDP Rheingau (Official site) | The Rheingau (Wines of Germany) | Wikipedia about The Rheingau
On weinlagen.info
The small but fine wine-growing area Rheingau offers one for the culture of the vine ideal microclimate and best soil conditions. The Rhine runs uninterruptedly almost one thousand kilometres from Basel up to its muzzle into the North Sea, in a northerly direction. With a short exception - the Rheingau. The Rheingau mountains force the river to a change in direction here. The vineyards falling in this region to the south stretch really to the sun. The king of the white wines, the Riesling, finds ideal local conditions for the unfolding of his fine fruity and elegant type of vine character on the multilayered weathering grounds with loess, loam and sand additions. |
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