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 Vintage2004 Label 1 of 4 
TypeWhite - Off-dry
ProducerKünstler (web)
VarietyRiesling
DesignationSpätlese
VineyardHochheimer Kirchenstück
CountryGermany
RegionRheingau
SubRegionn/a
Appellationn/a
UPC Code(s)767946202324

Drinking Windows and Values
Drinking window: Drink between 2010 and 2019 (based on 26 user opinions)
Wine Market Journal quarterly auction price: See Kunstler Hochheimer Kirchenstuck Spatlese on the Wine Market Journal.

Community Tasting History

Community Tasting Notes (average 85.8 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 6 notes) - hiding notes with no text

 Tasted by ACS Driffield on 10/20/2012: Excellent. The fourth bottle from a case, and the best so far - it seems beautifully balanced now, where before the sweetness dominated a little. Long, minerally, with very good acidity showing now. (1676 views)
 Tasted by mhurford on 2/9/2012 & rated 88 points: Rich and sweet but slightly lightweight on the finish (1861 views)
 Tasted by Wrighty on 3/1/2010 & rated 90 points: A bright green tinged yellow colour. Roasted lemon, honey, slightly caramelised sugar nose.

Palate is balanced with notes of melon and a decent finish (1979 views)
 Tasted by ACS Driffield on 6/28/2009: Very good indeed. Full and quite sweet, with grapefruit aromas, a slight touch of melon and some minerality. (1945 views)
 Tasted by tendring on 7/12/2007 & rated 76 points: Wine Education Service - Just Desserts (South Hampstead High School): Mineral, spicy nose.
Fruity, very young, good acidity but somehow lightweight. (2126 views)

Professional 'Channels'
By Joel B. Payne
Vinous, January/February 2006, IWC Issue #124
(Franz Kunstler Hochheimer Kirchenstuck Riesling Spatlese) Subscribe to see review text.
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CellarTracker Wiki Articles (login to edit | view all articles)

Künstler

Producer website

Riesling

Varietal character (Appellation America) | A short history of Riesling (Uncork) | Riesling (wikipedia)

Spätlese

Wikipedia article on Spätlese.

Hochheimer Kirchenstück

exact position on weinlagen.info

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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