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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.3 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 62 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by DrDave88 on 4/4/2024: Nose: subtle, mineral sure, but some peachy and almost orangey fruit too
Palate: full (due in part to sugar), absolutely perfectly balanced between sugar and acid, honey dripping ripe peaches and pears 🤤. Rich, but not heavy. Orange notes again, not had those in a Riesling before!
Day 2: waxy mandarin notes, really pure and luscious (466 views) | | | Tasted by sfqwino on 1/4/2024 & rated 88 points: Rather straightforward and lacking acidity to balance the sweetness. Very little evolution that left me yearning for a bit more complexity. (831 views) | | | Tasted by davidsa on 7/21/2023 & rated 94 points: What a beauty!
Light gold colour, very expressive and complex nose with honey, lemon zest, apricot, pineapple and a slight hint of petrol. Very mineral, almost salty.
On the palate the lemon and pineapple gain another dimension due to the sweetnes and remembers of lemon chewing gum and all gets balanced with the beautiful acidity.
The finish is very long, and after each sip you just want another one.
Delicious. (1237 views) | | | Tasted by Joshvoulters on 6/21/2023 & rated 88 points: TWS Group German Tasting (Must & Lees): This definitely showed better than the last time I opened a bottle. The main difference was the prominence of the acidity and the relative freshness that brought to proceedings - and I'm sure it's variation in the taster rather than the wine.
Ripe peach, mango, slate- there's still a tropical profile that is a bit much for me, and (as ever) I'd like more acidity - but it's very drinkable. (1600 views) | | | Tasted by oenanthe on 6/21/2023 & rated 88 points: Germany (Must and Lees, N1): Quite a pale yellow. Possibly my senses were on the wane at this point, but I thought this had a strong nose of curry, like a chicken achari with that spicy pickled citrus element. Hey-ho, not what I was expecting but not unpleasant either. Medium sweetness, mild tropical fruit, pretty rich. (1479 views) | | | Tasted by Joshvoulters on 5/14/2023 & rated 86 points: I found this slightly cloying. The sweetness, tropical flavour profile and density on the palate overwhelmed the acidity for my taste. Just a hint of petrol on the nose, some banana, mango and very ripe peach, something reminiscent of wet stones. Not hugely sweet- probably medium - but quite flat on the palate: a little grippy, chewy, syrupy. Reminiscent of the juice from a can of tinned peaches. There is some acidity peeking out but it's too little too late to give the wine much in the way of freshness. (1598 views) | | | Tasted by gbanks on 3/24/2023: Whew! Sweetness, meet mineral and acid. Nice secondary notes of fall leaves and musk emerging. And only 7% means that bottle disappeared right quick (1343 views) | | | Tasted by streethawk on 9/6/2022: Golden yellow. Nose is of rocky minerality, pears, ripe apples, citrus, and goes into tropical fruits with some pineapple and mango notes. Surprisingly, no TDN/petrol notes for this 13-year-old Riesling. Palate retains structure with a firm acidic backbone, and terrific length. Medium sweetness is kept in check by the high acidity. Terrific when paired with a couple of Thai curries tonight. This certainly has the legs to go for a good 5-10 years (or more), but it’s really singing at the moment. Wish I had more! (1748 views) | | | Tasted by Rezy13 on 7/12/2021: Yellow color; fairly thick and sweet but mineral laden and a powerhouse of a Spätlese, unctuous but less about the residual and more about the dry extract and material, yellow fruited more in the tropical realm- banana mango apricot, glossy texture, not slate driven but mineral and late acid kick in on the finish; not my favorite style but tasty and clearly noble. (2113 views) | | | Tasted by Labrador on 6/15/2021 & rated 80 points: Surprisingly sweet for a Spaetlese. It was enjoyable for what it is, but did not match with the any of the courses. It would have been better with a nice corn chowder. (1853 views) | | | Tasted by aquacongas on 4/14/2021 & rated 91 points: blind, Magnum
not my style but sweetness is in the background and still fine acidity. 91 (2196 views) | | | Tasted by PeterMole on 9/15/2020: Cork wet almost through. Light colour. Clean nose, very mineral. Taste also mineral, light, not that complex. Tasting against 2010 and 2011. After 2 hours bottle opening not much difference as opposed to the other 2. (2093 views) | | | Tasted by RolfT on 3/25/2020 & rated 92 points: 1st bottle of 6 from my final case of these. Not showing as well as previous bottles from other sources, but I think it's just a case if slight bottle variation as this is still a very good wine and now just entering its prime drinking window.
Beautiful scent of melon and exotic fruit. No heavy petroleum notes. Sweet, but not the ripe heavy sweetness you get from some spatlese. This is elegant and light on its feet. Very high acidity, but fairly well balanced by the sweetness. Oily viscous mouthfeel. Generally, I've grown a bit tired of riesling the last couple of years, but this wine gives me a lot of easy pleasure. (2413 views) | | | Tasted by Labrador on 9/27/2019 & rated 89 points: No formal notes, but this producer and, in particular, this wine were very good. It went very well with Chinese. (2047 views) | | | Tasted by NoTrollingerPlease on 3/29/2019 & rated 91 points: An evening with wine geeks (Ristorante da Salvo, Stuttgart): Glass: WMF white wine
Beautiful experience to taste the two Spätlesen side by side. Clear, very youthful pale citrus golden color. Lots of citrus and ripe exotic fruit, lively, kicking acidity at only 7,5% abv. Still very (almost too) young, good tension. Very joyful and animating. Could drink the whole bottle on my own. Give it around 5+ years to fully blossom. 91++ (2455 views) | | | Tasted by I1bearup on 12/9/2018 & rated 90 points: Leaking cork. Nose was pretrol and dried apricot. Tastes a lot like canned mandarin oranges and dried apricot. The acid is just barely enough but the remaining CO2 gave it the extra push it needed to be really enjoyable. Highly doubt any residual SO2 but the pallet has a lingering taste of it. Maybe its just me. (2380 views) | | | Tasted by dvansteenderen on 10/12/2018 & rated 92 points: Nose a bit closed still. In the taste ripe pears, herbs and minerals. Sweet and juicy mandarines on the palate, rich texture, great underlying acidity. A treat! (2389 views) | | | Tasted by Champagneinhand on 10/6/2018 & rated 93 points: Really one of the best values and best off dry Riesling not from the bigger well known vineyards. Fantastic mouthfeel, slight petrol but acacia, canned peaches, dried Turkish apricot, golden delicious apple with notes of green tea and thyme. Excellent length of finish. Can’t believe these were sub $30 Spatlese. Rivaling most Donnhoff, Prum, Molitor etc.
Maybe I am conservative with this score. Bummer as this was my last bottle. (2493 views) | | | Tasted by Labrador on 8/5/2018 & rated 86 points: A very enjoyable Spatlese. It was fresh and balanced, but light in color and on the palate. I suspect it will put on some. weight in the coming years. (1971 views) | | | Tasted by Duncan H on 6/5/2018 & rated 89 points: Bright silver-lime in colour. Oily - lemon nose with hints of grapefruit. Not particularly complex on the palate, but still very nice. (2012 views) | | | Tasted by jkoenen on 1/7/2018 & rated 92 points: Still painfully young, very focussed and energetic. Nose and palate are dominated by fresh fruit nuances like peach, pear, raspberry and lemon zest. Seems quite swewet, yet the sweetness is beautifully framed by high levels of soft fruit-like acidity.
Beautiful now, but I feel this will improve considerably in 3 years time, and wil easily last to age 20. (2612 views) | | | Tasted by ekessler on 12/21/2016: A bit sweet for Spatlese, but well balanced. Slight funk blew off quickly. Citrus, honey, melon. Delicious. (3362 views) | | | Tasted by berlinhotel on 8/25/2016 & rated 90 points: 90+ (2214 views) | | | Tasted by RolfT on 3/29/2016 & rated 94 points: Fresh yet complex. Sweet yet balanced by a perfect acidity. A little bit to sweet still but very near perfect. (4367 views) | | | Tasted by indiscriminate palate on 8/27/2015 & rated 92 points: I've had some bottle variation since the amazing bottle I had nearly two years ago. Initially, this had the incredible menagerie of flavors but appeared a bit too sweet, slightly unbalanced. Next day, the flavors were sublime, with tropical fruit, flowers, minerals/saline, and a great spine of acid. I have only two more bottles, and I hope I have the willpower to bury them for a while. (4620 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Amy Wislocki
Decanter, Weekday & Weekend Wines: September 2023 (7/10/2023)
(Zilliken, Saarburger Rausch Riesling Spätlese, Riesling, Mosel, Germany, White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Amy Wislocki
Decanter, Wine Society Buyers' Selection Summer 2023 Press tasting (7/10/2023)
(Weingut Zilliken, Saarburger Rausch Riesling Spätlese, Riesling, Mosel, Germany, White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Julia Harding, MW
JancisRobinson.com (7/10/2023)
(Forstmeister Geltz Zilliken, Saarburger Rausch Riesling Spätlese Saar White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jean Fisch and David Rayer
Mosel Fine Wines, Maturing Mosel: 10 years after retrospective of 2000, Issue #45 (4/1/2019)
(Geltz-Zilliken Saarburger Rausch Riesling Spätlese) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Joel B. Payne
Vinous, January/February 2011, IWC Issue #154
(Forstmeister Geltz-Zilliken Saarburger Rausch Riesling Spatlese #6) Subscribe to see review text. | By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Sep/Oct 2010, Issue #29, The German Wine Auctions- Re-Visiting the Best 2009ers In This Great Vintage
(Saarburger Rausch Riesling Spätlese- Weingut Forstmeister Geltz-Zilliken) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Jean Fisch and David Rayer
Mosel Fine Wines, Jul 2010, Issue No 12
(Geltz-Zilliken Saarburger Rausch Riesling Spätlese) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Michael Schmidt
JancisRobinson.com (6/19/2010)
(Zilliken, Saarburger Rausch Riesling Erste Lage Spätlese Saar White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Julia Harding, MW
JancisRobinson.com (6/2/2010)
(Zilliken, Saarburger Rausch Riesling Spätlese Saar White) Subscribe to see review text. | By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Mar/Apr 2010, Issue #26, The 2009ers from Germany- Another Absolutely Stellar Vintage That Will Give the 2007ers A Run For Their Money
(Rausch Riesling Spätlese- Weingut Geltz-Zilliken) Login and sign up and see review text. |
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U.S. Importer (addt'l info)Riesling Varietal character (Appellation America) | A short history of Riesling (Uncork) | Riesling (wikipedia)Spätlese Wikipedia article on Spätlese.Saarburger Rausch On weinlagen-infoGermany 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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