Rieslingfeier - Seminar with David Schildknecht, Andreas Adam, Thomas Haag, Florian Lauer and Dorothee Zilliken

Bar Boulud, NYC
Tasted Saturday, February 16, 2013 by salil with 444 views

Flight 1 (1 Note)

  • 2011 Schloss Lieser Riesling Kabinett trocken 90 Points

    Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

    A scent of bright florality and orchard fruits suggests something sweeter, but it's bracingly dry on the palate, though never austere. Thomas Haag mentions that this comes from higher yielding younger vines at a higher altitude, as older vines in a higher end vineyard would not provide for such a light, delicate wine. It's very light on its feet, lean but complex with great purity and a really filigreed, crystalline texture. Lovely.

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Flight 2 (2 Notes)

Flight 3 (2 Notes)

  • 2011 Peter Lauer Neuenbersch Riesling Faß 17 89 Points

    Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

    Florian says this is from a parcel in the Kupp with southwestern exposure on the foot of the hill, with finer, weathered slate soil and trellised vines. The wine's lovely; a scent of spring flowers, lower toned fennel-like notes and that sponti yeast funk, and great depth and balance on the palate with ripe melon and stone fruits matched by more savoury and stony elements, and bright acidity.

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  • 2011 Peter Lauer Kern Riesling Faß 9 92 Points

    Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

    Older vines here on harder, more stony soil than in the Neuenberg (Florian says the 'Kern' vines here are 70 years old, compared to 30 years of age on average in Neuenberg.) There's a core of ripe peachy and red apple fruit, and a sense of real sappiness to the flavours. Up front it's bright and sweet, but it turns more savoury and slatey on the back end, and the balance is wonderful.

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Flight 4 (2 Notes)

  • 2011 A.J. Adam Hofberg Riesling feinherb 90 Points

    Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

    A ripe, opulent and floral scent, and so layered and polished on the palate. There's a real sense of freshness and juiciness to the fruit flavours, though it does feel a little creamy and soft on the palate. Andreas mentions he's usually made this with a little more skin contact, but used less skin exposure in 2011 given the ripeness and lower acids. About 30 g/l residual sugar in this, though it doesn't taste particularly sweet.

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  • 2011 A.J. Adam Hofberg Riesling Kabinett 90 Points

    Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

    Riper, more floral and exotic than the feinherb, there's quite a bit of sweetness here (Andreas later says about 60 g/l residual sugar) with a spicy accent to the ripe fruit and florality. Nicely balanced, but for me this comes across more like a ripe Spätlese.

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Flight 5 (1 Note)

  • 2011 Schloss Lieser Niederberg Helden Riesling Spätlese 91 Points

    Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

    Very ripe, primary and sweet right now with lots of ripe fruit ranging from red apples to riper melon and nectarine flavours, and an overlay of bright florality and a little sponti yeast funk. The sweetness here feels closer to a ripe Auslese (Thomas Haag says it has 90 g/l residual sugar), but it's nicely balanced with a very polished, glossy mouthfeel and impressive length.

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