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Berserkfest weekend
Very brief notes over sushi
Tasted November 13, 2010 by indiscriminate palate with 379 views
Flight 1 (15 notes)
White - Sparkling
2002 Jose Dhondt Champagne Grand Cru Mes Vieilles Vignes Blanc de Blancs
Loads of autolytic elements - brioche, toast. Long finish of sour pear, some lime. Very good!
White
2001 Trimbach Riesling Cuvée Frédéric Emile
Quite nice, with a slight tinny note that I found very distracting.
White - Sparkling
1995 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut
Butterscotch, skunky… flawed (I hope)
White - Off-dry
2008 Carl Schmitt-Wagner Longuicher Maximiner Herrenberg Riesling Spätlese
Sulfur dominates. Just "good."
White
2009 Zilliken (Forstmeister Geltz) Saarburger Rausch Riesling Kabinett #7
pear, herbs, excellent acidity, green apple, excellent.
White
2009 Kruger-Rumpf Münsterer Rheinberg Riesling Kabinett
There is a reason that we went through five cases of this in a jiffy. Awesome, and even among several heavy hitters, held its own as one of the wines of the night.
White - Off-dry
2009 Dönnhoff Schloßböckelheimer Felsenberg Riesling Felsentürmchen Spätlese
Very fruit forward; lasted only a little while in my glass, though others suggested developing floral aromatics with time. Tonight, showed worse than many other producers' '09s.
White
2001 Joh. Jos. Christoffel Erben Ürziger Würzgarten Riesling Auslese trocken
Weird, bizarre, wet salty vinyl with an even weirder finish. Enjoy if you're into that sort of thing.
White - Off-dry
2003 Dönnhoff Norheimer Dellchen Riesling Spätlese
Quite good on open, with a nice freshness and slight chalkiness on the palate. Some petrol. With air, much of the complexity and freshness goes into hiding and it becomes much less enjoyable.
White
2009 Merry Edwards Sauvignon Blanc
Why do I not own more of this? Grass, grapefruit, lemon, and yum.
White - Sweet/Dessert
1989 Domaine des Baumard Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru
Nice, but lacking the verve and freshness that younger (or better aged) versions have.
White - Sweet/Dessert
2007 Macari Vineyards Block E
Cotton candy, strawberry candy, and any and every other candy. Nose: candy. Palate: candy. Finish: candy. Overall: candy. How do you "smell" sugar? Until this wine, I didn't know it was possible.