Wine Exchange - Orange, CA
Tasted Saturday, March 7, 2009 by Badfish with 708 views
I was looking forward to this after the last 2007 German Riesling tasting proved to be quite eye opening. There were a few wines at that tasting that blew me away and I knew that would be very hard to match. There were several Terry Theise imports at this tasting so I knew at the very least it would be a solid event. I most looked forward to the Leitz, Schaefer, and Selbach-Oster wines as I knew those producers had a solid track record of producing great wines. While those producers did not disappoint there were a few other producers I had not heard of that have made great wines in 2007.
This was a very solid tasting though not as great as the first put on by Winex. A few wines seemed to under perform for their level and none of the wines seemed earth shattering but I certainly enjoyed the great majority of them. I continue to be impressed by the wines from Rheingau in this vintage, specifically the drier styled efforts. Maybe they just click with my palate but I really love the powerful fruit density and brutal mineral structure at play in these wines. With that said the Mosel wines are undeniably attractive as well, more for their tremendous elegance of fruit, softer mineral tone, and subtle complexity. In any case there seems to be plenty of diversity in this vintage with wines to please a wide array of palates.
2007 Weingut Reuscher-Haart Piesporter Falkenberg Riesling 86 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
Pleasant sweet nose with soft stones and citrus. The palate is also sweet with flavors of pear, stone fruit, and minerals combined with adequate acidity and persistence. This is a straightforward and drinkable yet unexciting Riesling.
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2007 Hexamer Meddersheimer Rheingrafenberg Riesling Quarzit 90 Points
Germany, Nahe
Pale yellow platinum throughout with a unique and expressive nose of lemon peel, melon, and underlying minerals. The palate has great sweetness and acidity with flavors of heady stone fruit and minerals. Great balance and stuffing for this designation. This wine is sourced from a single vineyard.
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