Mastodont: Mosel from 2009
Hemmavid
Tasted Friday, June 8, 2012 by StefanAkiko with 656 views
Introduction
We had a great evening :-) Even if I must confess to stop writing near the end... I ran out of stamina. Need more practice :-)
Flight 1 - Dry and non-Rieslings (6 Notes)
A good start with a wide variety of quality in the wines.
Flight 2 - Dry and Semi-dry (4 Notes)
Reinhold Haart manages to fill his wines with benzin/petrochemicals. Especially the first of his wines almost gave some tasters whip-lash-damage from the reflex action to throw back our head when you sniff something potentially dangerous. The cheapest wine actually stood up well throughout the night.
Flight 3 - Semi-dry (4 Notes)
Zilliken stole the show completely.
Flight 4 - Semi sweet (3 Notes)
This was the most consistently GREAT flight.
Flight 5 - Sweet (5 Notes)
A pity that Egon M:s Schartzhofberger was murkily corked - behind the cork was a monstrously concentrated wine. The sweet flight was ended as we introduced the 1989 Urziger Wurzgarten, full of "paint". Strange flight, as it turned out... But Auslese from Mosel are among the best sweet wines in the World... And at great pricing.
Closing
When all others left, I performed the cleaning up, dishwashing etc. My decisions to buy more bottles:
All Willi Schaefer bottles, the fantastic Zilliken and a bunch of the breathtaking Dr. H. Thanisch Bernkasteler Lay Riesling Auslese.
2009 Manuel Janake Lieserer Schlossberg Riesling Kabinett trocken 80 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
Non-Blind. Had immediately.
Small, slightly smokey, mineral Riesling characteristic nose. Taste falls short of anything amazing and could be described as flat.
Good, but not great.
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2009 Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt Riesling RK 82 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
Non-Blind. Had immediately.
Nose towards plastic petrochem. Nice spritz, but approaching humdrum in all other aspects.
Will definitely not buy more.
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2009 Karthäuserhof Eitelsbacher Karthäuserhofberg Riesling Trocken 90 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
Non-Blind. Had immediately.
Simplistic tart Riesling nose. Taste is rounded and with spritz. Wide, fine and advanced with slightly sharp acids.
Not my cup of tea, but it has some good merits.
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2009 Wwe. Dr. H. Thanisch (Erben-Thanisch) Berncasteler Doctor Riesling Kabinett 90 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
Non-Blind. Had immediately.
Classic Mosel aromas on the nose with a candy-twist. Balanserad smak med riktigt bra syror längd. Dock håller den också på att falla ihop. Somewhat fluttering in style rather then held together. (76 views)
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2009 Karthäuserhof Eitelsbacher Karthäuserhofberg Weissburgunder Trocken 79 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
Non-Blind. Had immediately.
Thin, overly acidic juice that displays a palate of dirt and with strangely piercing alcohol.
On my to-not-buy list.
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2009 Weingut Clemens Busch Riesling Trocken
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
Non-Blind. Had immediately.
This wine was an odd bird with its yellow color, non-typical deep nose of tobacco and licorice. On the palate it was with low acids, richly flavored and distinctly untypical.
We all found this one difficult to grade. Since no-one was interested in going out and buying a bottle for their cellars...
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