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Terry Theise tasting - German wines from 2007
Tribecca grill
Tasted June 10, 2008 - June 13, 2008 by Mlermontov with 2,637 views
Introduction
so here it is..another vintage... another ripe, thick... oh wait...no? and not watered down either? no way!
i will not proclaim this as the next coming of '01 - for many reasons. some of these are obvious - i am neither qualified nor, honestly, is anyone qualified to do that after a power tasting on a summer day when the wines are pretty fresh from bottling.
but there are other signs - the wines do not reach the height of a GREAT vintage. with that said - we have had anough great cellarworthy wines in the last few years...most of the are hopefully still there - in the cellar. what i saw in '07s is their sheer fun early drinking beauty. cleaner and crisper than many if not all the '06 and most of '05s.
now that is not to say there arent great wines. there are indeed! yet they arent "the rule" - on the other hand - the multitude of good true rieslings is something i am looking forward to consuming! and with much less "baby killing" guilt
oh one more point - i am not a tru fan of dry german wines and when tasting them together with the sweet wines - its rather hard to like them no matter how much you rinse you glass or how much bread you eat.
Flight 1 (6 notes)
this was my last table of the day and with no one pouring the wines were a touch too warm.
White
2007 Weingut von Othegraven Kanzemer Altenberg Riesling Kabinett
87 points
decent fruit, simple. good but not exciting.
White - Off-dry
2007 Weingut von Othegraven Ockfener Bockstein Riesling Spätlese
89 points
lots of potential. clean ripe middle with good acidity. apples and pears, medium finish.
White - Off-dry
2007 Weingut von Othegraven Kanzemer Altenberg Riesling Spätlese Alte Reben
90 points
good. nice play of sweet and sour apple notes, long finish, ripe but clean acidity.
White
2007 Hoffmann-Simon Riesling Kabinett
87 points
qpr, good riesling fruit, short finish. fun and simple.
White
2007 Hoffmann-Simon Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Riesling Kabinett
88 points
riper, heady floral nose, mineral, very nice!
White - Off-dry
2007 Hoffmann-Simon Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Riesling Spätlese
90 points
excellent potential (these were a touch warm) rich middle, tropical on the nose but lots of good clean yellow fruit in the middle. YUM
Flight 2 (11 notes)
Fun Young! table. great pleasure to taste these two very different producers.
White
2007 Weingut Reuscher-Haart Piesporter Treppchen Riesling
88 points
delicious ripe qba, yellow and tropical fruit - piesporter heaven.
White
2007 Weingut Reuscher-Haart Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Riesling Kabinett
88 points
qpr alert, fruit salad with mandoes and pineapples added in, rich but balanced..plain Fun
White - Off-dry
2007 Weingut Reuscher-Haart Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Riesling Spätlese #15
89 points
flowers, pineapples along with peach, good mineral undertone.
White - Off-dry
2007 Weingut Reuscher-Haart Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Riesling Spätlese #12
90 points
along the same profile - rich tropical touches with some peaches and mineral but this adds a new note of red berries. delicious
White - Off-dry
2007 Jakoby-Mathy Riesling "Balance"
87 points
very floral, ripe iddle but dry finish, good ineral component.
White
2007 Jakoby-Mathy Kinheimer Rosenberg Riesling Kabinett
88 points
light wine, balanced and well crafted, very clean crisp middle, good fruit.
White - Off-dry
2007 Jakoby-Mathy Kinheimer Rosenberg Riesling Spätlese
89 points
deep complex wine, ripe fruit but with great acidity, very long finish..lots of goods here. will need time
White - Off-dry
2007 Jakoby-Mathy Kinheimer Hubertuslay Riesling Spätlese Goldkapsel
90 points
very elegant, refined yellow fruit, refreshing... excellent. a BUY
White - Off-dry
2007 Jakoby-Mathy Kinheimer Rosenberg Riesling Auslese "Eulenlay"
90 points
ripe red berries, currants, rich apple and peach, creamy..YUM!
White - Sweet/Dessert
2007 Jakoby-Mathy Kinheimer Rosenberg Riesling Beerenauslese
91 points
ripe, spicy and complex with good acidity. true BA
White - Off-dry
2006 Jakoby-Mathy Kinheimer Rosenberg Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel
89 points
slightly closed, rich and spicy like last year. needs time
Flight 3 (13 notes)
WOW.. both selbach and schaefer used the vintage to their advantage creating amazing lineups.. with multiple kabinets from Schaefer (all unique and all good) - both producers (kick me please) are still ridiculous bargains and a a must have. two of the top tables today
White
2007 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese trocken
88 points
mineral nose, slate, smoke, bit rough...i still need convincing that mosel is a place for dry riesling...
White - Off-dry
2007 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett halbtrocken
88 points
fresh, sweaty mineraly risling, yummy - no convincing needed here!
White
2007 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett
89 points
ripe middle, apples, great tart finish, fun wine.
White - Off-dry
2007 Selbach-Oster Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese
90 points
floral (violets?), richer and riper (for some reason Graachers taste more like Welhleners this year..in all the producers) will need time.
White - Off-dry
2007 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Schlossberg Riesling Spätlese
91 points
rich middle, long, sweaty ripe fruit, but past the middle the wine shows mineral and elegance that will come with time. cellar this one. YUM!
White - Off-dry
2007 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Schlossberg Riesling Spätlese "Schmitt"
92 points
yup...its a spat... althought amazingly ripe, the level of minerality and the sheer balance this wine has gives it elegance. atumnal fruit dominates, rich sweet notes flow smoothly into a creamy finish... BUY
White - Off-dry
2007 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese 'Rotlay'
93 points
yeah... no seriously...a BUY... are you kidding? mineraly, minty, leafy, elegant..all that with gobs of ripe fruit...aaahh.. this is good.
White
2007 Willi Schaefer Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett #2
89 points
slate, ripe middle, excellent balance, summer fruit with melon added to the mix, very very good! (duh BUY) ageworthy kabinet.
White
2007 Willi Schaefer Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett #9
90 points
riper that the #2, but more acidity as well, tarter finish. again - put this away. sleeeek ..yum!
White
2007 Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Riesling Kabinett #16
90 points
floral, apples and slate, ripe and will need lots of time. another duh BUY
White - Off-dry
2007 Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese #12
92 points
again - Welhlener notes - floral, rich and creamy, fruit cocktail...WOW...
White - Off-dry
2007 Willi Schaefer Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Spätlese
91 points
less rich, more mineral notes, but with peaches and red berries on top of the berries, less cream more intensity perhaps?
White - Off-dry
2007 Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Riesling Auslese #17
92 points
this is a bit closed, but lots of power under the hood. apples dominate over the layers of minerality and stones, bright long finish..elegance will be there. YUM
Flight 4 (12 notes)
Both Kerpen and Meulenhof produced fresher and zippier wines than in the last few years and IMO - it payed off. Kerpen spat* is a wine not to be missed.
White
2007 Kerpen Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett
89 points
mineral, sour/unripe peach (in a positive way) - very crunchy wine (early harvested grapes) - delicious drink now or later kabinet.
White - Off-dry
2007 Kerpen Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese
89 points
perhaps not as exciting as some, but this is true moseler spatlese, floral, tart finish, good ripe apples in the middle, just a pleasure to drink. (will age IMO...but hard to stay away from on a hot day right now)
White - Off-dry
2007 Kerpen Bernkasteler Bratenhöfchen Riesling Spätlese
89 points
more green apple than the wehlener, fresher, good tart middle, great finish. delicious
White - Off-dry
2007 Kerpen Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese *
90 points
this is the wine that keeps remining me (and every year btw) why i love the vinyard sooo much. for those who too love this small piece of heavenly land but are smart enough to keep your hands off of prum for MANY years - this is the wine!! floral, sweet, elegant, red apples over granny smith notes, full soft ..yum... think pastoral paintings of peasant girls with the sweetest apple cheeks..
White - Off-dry
2007 Kerpen Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese
90 points
similar to spat but a bit richer and heavier, good middle of tart but ripe apples, very nice but i would pick the spat this year.
White - Off-dry
2007 Kerpen Graacher Domprobst Riesling Auslese *
91 points
very concentrated, peaches over apples(both red and green) over cream, good long finish. will need time to show
White
White
2007 Meulenhof Erdener Treppchen Riesling Kabinett
87 points
rich with a good core of fruit in the middle...but not exciting
White
2007 Meulenhof Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett
88 points
more floral, riper, but good balance. nice wine.
White - Off-dry
2007 Meulenhof Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese
89 points
ripe floral nose, but the fruit in the middle are backed by a cleansing acidity, restrained on the finish. great qpr
White - Off-dry
2007 Meulenhof Erdener Treppchen Riesling Spätlese *
90 points
very mineraly wine, but the fruit is there slowly uncoiling. delicious and a steal. YUM!!!
White - Off-dry
2007 Meulenhof Erdener Prälat Riesling Spätlese
90 points
big boy elegance - massive fruit that is somehow squeezed into the slim wine (perhaps its the bottle? :)) apples and pears, apple core almost..yum
Flight 5 (9 notes)
to me - the erdeners tasted more complete than the urziger (and i am usually an urziger guy)
these are very good wines with a few real stars in the making. perhaps a touch underwhelming compared to the stunning '04/'05 collection of auslese.
White
2007 Joh. Jos. Christoffel Erben Ürziger Würzgarten Riesling Kabinett
88 points
apples on the nose, spicy, rich, mouthfull of fresh fruit, red berries. YUM
White
2007 Joh. Jos. Christoffel Erben Erdener Treppchen Riesling Kabinett
87 points
fuller, riper but less zesty...has potential but perhaps needs time.
White - Off-dry
2007 Joh. Jos. Christoffel Erben Erdener Treppchen Riesling Spätlese
88 points
ripe red apple, pear, rich, very good.
White - Off-dry
2007 Joh. Jos. Christoffel Erben Ürziger Würzgarten Riesling Spätlese
88 points
spicy, lighter and fresher, bit more closed - something not coming out in the middle
White - Off-dry
2007 Joh. Jos. Christoffel Erben Ürziger Würzgarten Riesling Spätlese *
90 points
rich nose of spicy and fruit, atumnal, peaches along with apples and pears, dripping with sweetness but amazing balance, needs time..
White - Off-dry
2007 Joh. Jos. Christoffel Erben Ürziger Würzgarten Riesling Auslese *
89 points
elegant, but ripe and spicy - bit unbalanced with alc showing even when cold. needs time.
White - Off-dry
2007 Joh. Jos. Christoffel Erben Ürziger Würzgarten Riesling Auslese **
89 points
richer even, ripe, more pears on top of the apples, long finish.
White - Off-dry
2007 Joh. Jos. Christoffel Erben Erdener Treppchen Riesling Auslese **
91 points
wow - intense fruit but the acid and the zip is here, apples and stones.. yum.will need time but this is a star! (BUY)
White - Off-dry
2007 Joh. Jos. Christoffel Erben Ürziger Würzgarten Riesling Auslese ***
90 points
atumnal fruit, spicy and ripe but lacking (closed?) on the middle. will need time.
Flight 6 (6 notes)
2 MUST HAVE kabinets and a few other fun wines
White - Off-dry
2007 Weingut Alexander Gysler Weinheimer Holle Silvaner halbtrocken
87 points
liter. still excellent qpr, not as zingy as someties, but fresh and fun
White
2007 Weingut Alexander Gysler Weinheimer Riesling Kabinett
90 points
another must buy kabinet. rich, ripe with fruit but again - balance and acidity...a true kabinet and sooo amazingly delicious ...QPR as well..
White
2007 A.J. Adam Riesling Kabinett
90 points
a must try kabinet. although a bit SO2 now, this is ripe, smoky, amazing balance and minerality. very very good.
White
2007 Müller-Catoir Haardter Bürgergarten Muskateller Kabinett trocken
88 points
great nose of sweet grapes, roses, soft creamy middle and nice finish.
White - Off-dry
2007 Müller-Catoir Haardter Mandelring Scheurebe Spätlese
89 points
ripe and rich on the nose, great year for the grape, wild cat. great long finish, very good.
White - Off-dry
2007 Meßmer Burrweiler Altenforst Gewürztraminer Spätlese
88 points
lemon pldegde and roses on the nose, creay but a touch soft middle, nice dry finish.
Flight 7 (14 notes)
Hexamer and Donnhoff next to each other..wow... Hexamer did an amazing job, best since '02 i think. trully amazingly clear fresh wines where minerality controlls the show, and Donnhoff... is Donnhoff.. perhaps not the high 98 but the wines i tasted were elegant, charing and snfully good at the same time...thus - Donnhoff was Donnhoff.
White
2007 Hexamer Meddersheimer Rheingrafenberg Riesling Spätlese trocken
88 points
good focus, high inerality, touch rough finish
White
2007 Hexamer Meddersheimer Rheingrafenberg Riesling Quarzit
89 points
probably the best quarzit since '02. light, zinging minerality, green apple, needs 6 months to all coe together but a beauty
White
2007 Hexamer Meddersheimer Rheingrafenberg Riesling Kabinett
89 points
the other side of the coin from quarzit, floral, sappy sweet fruit, but balanced with a shot of minerals in the middle. YUM!
White - Off-dry
2007 Hexamer Schlossböckelheimer In den Felsen Riesling Spätlese
91 points
the best this has been. Ripe core over a smoky mineral middle, very complex. put it away and wait.
White - Off-dry
2007 Hexamer Meddersheimer Rheingrafenberg Riesling Spätlese **
92 points
WOW nose (10% botrytis here - but mainly dry berries -120 Oe) ripe delicious fruit, minerality there as well. a BUY.
White - Off-dry
2007 Hexamer Schlossböckelheimer In den Felsen Riesling Auslese
10-15% botrytis, very rich, eiswein like iddle, great balance on the touch drier seeming long finish, WOW...
White - Sweet/Dessert
2007 Hexamer Meddersheimer Rheingrafenberg Riesling Eiswein
93 points
light, singing wine, very pure and aplles rather than hevy sweet fruit, mineral core..very good
White - Sweet/Dessert
2007 Hexamer Meddersheimer Rheingrafenberg Riesling Beerenauslese
94 points
in .750s - but only a few cases for special occasions made. essence of nahe - combining the power of RHeingau and the floral touches of mosel... light on its feet... wow..
White
2007 Dönnhoff Kreuznacher Kahlenberg Riesling Kabinett
90 points
mineral nose, light, just off-dry, apples, good finish... elegent.. YUM
White
2007 Dönnhoff Oberhäuser Leistenberg Riesling Kabinett
91 points
WOW, ripe rich fruit, treamlined acidity, great inerality in te mouth..this is trully a great kabinet. a BUY
White - Off-dry
2007 Dönnhoff Kreuznacher Krötenpfuhl Riesling Spätlese
92 points
mineral, elegant, red berries, refreshing on the finish, elegant...did i say elegant? YUM!
White - Off-dry
2007 Dönnhoff Schloßböckelheimer Felsenberg Riesling Felsentürmchen Spätlese
93 points
oh boy... this is where i wanted to be all day - this wine. more apples and pears, but also so much inerality, great core of tighly wound stuff thats waiting to pop out - at the same time the classic elegance is there... a BUY...
White - Off-dry
2007 Dönnhoff Oberhäuser Brücke Riesling Spätlese
93 points
more floral, riper, touches of botrytis, will need a long time but very very good.
White - Off-dry
2007 Dönnhoff Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling Spätlese
94 points
hard to judge as it was rather closed, very rich and creamy, very concentrated, complex middle, red berries, venry long finish, needs a loooong time
Flight 8 (20 notes)
Schneider is a star to watch. the Hermansholle spatlese means there is a wine from that vinyard that can be had for next to nothing... and is THAT good. Kruger-Rumpf was less exciting, but solid wine. Diel did nothing for me this year..well not nothing but not enough. and i LOVED the '06
White
White - Off-dry
2007 Weingut Jakob Schneider Niederhäuser Kertz Riesling Spätlese feinherb
87 points
mineraly and stony but bit rough on the edges.
White
2007 Weingut Jakob Schneider Niederhäuser Klamm Riesling Kabinett
88 points
rich yellow fruit on the nose, apples, finish is a tough short. nice.
White - Off-dry
2007 Weingut Jakob Schneider Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling Spätlese
92 points
yehaa! pure, red berries along with ripe apples and pears, minerals - a must buy...
White - Off-dry
2007 Weingut Jakob Schneider Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling Auslese
92 points
Richer but a touch heavier, concentrated. will need time.
White - Off-dry
1989 Weingut Jakob Schneider Niederhäuser Rosenberg Riesling Auslese
91 points
diesel, baked apples, good middle. not a WOW but a very good wine.
White - Off-dry
2006 Weingut Jakob Schneider Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling Auslese JUNIOR
91 points
very rich, 50% botrytis, very closed right now but has potential.
White
2007 Kruger-Rumpf Münsterer Dautenpflänzer Riesling Großes Gewächs
88 points
floral nose, dry crisp middle, good but not exciting.
White - Off-dry
2007 Kruger-Rumpf Münsterer Pittersberg Riesling Spätlese halbtrocken
89 points
i liked this much more, mineraly but with more fruit aroudn the core to give it life, and a longer cleaner finish.
White
2007 Kruger-Rumpf Münsterer Rheinberg Riesling Kabinett
88 points
ripe apples, yellow fruit, short on the finish. solid riesling.
White - Off-dry
2007 Kruger-Rumpf Münsterer Dautenpflänzer Riesling Spätlese
89 points
riper fruit, yellow with somme tropical touches and red berries on top. good finish. i liked this a lot.
White - Off-dry
2007 Kruger-Rumpf Binger Scharlachberg Riesling Spätlese
89 points
more tropical than the Muenster, pineapple comes in to add to red currents and yellow apples.
White - Off-dry
2007 Kruger-Rumpf Scheurebe Spätlese
88 points
lovely nose of sweet fruit and grass, but the middle is a bit weak. nice.
White - Off-dry
1998 Kruger-Rumpf Münsterer Pittersberg Riesling Spätlese
88 points
diesel, clean middle, very refreshing but lacking excitement. good.
White
2007 Schlossgut Diel Diel de Diel
86 points
50% pinot gris, 35% pinot blanc, 15% riesling. light, but rough, ok wine..but at the price hard to go here.
White
2007 Schlossgut Diel Dorsheimer Riesling
87 points
spatlese trocken level fruit, clean but touch alcoholic. ok.
White
2007 Schlossgut Diel Schlossberg Riesling Großes Gewächs
88 points
riper, with a touch more apples, sleek middle, but again - bit rough on the finish.
White
2007 Schlossgut Diel Dorsheimer Burgberg Riesling Kabinett
88 points
yellow fruit, melon, floral, good refreshing finish.
White - Off-dry
2007 Schlossgut Diel Dorsheimer Goldloch Riesling Spätlese
90 points
ripe, serious, floral, with a good core.perhaps needs time to show its true colors.
White - Off-dry
2007 Schlossgut Diel Dorsheimer Pittermännchen Riesling Auslese
90 points
good complex auslese, with layers of fruit over a tight core of minerality. again - feels closed right now.
Flight 9 (11 notes)
Strub and Geil - both had excellent vintages with a couple must buy wines. also - amazing QPRS even with the dollar as it is.
White
2007 J & HA Strub Grüner Veltliner Kabinett trocken
87 points
best Gruner of the day by far...oh wait :) kidding. this is a fun mirealy stony wine, thats slowly coming into its own here - very refreshing.
White
2007 J & HA Strub Riesling "Soil to Soul"
88 points
very nice qpr, steely, clean with good ripe fruit in the middle. a good newbie riesling
White
2007 J & HA Strub Niersteiner Ölberg Riesling Spätlese trocken
88 points
good minerality, nice middle, bit smoky, rough on the finish but better balanced than most. QPR
White - Off-dry
2007 J & HA Strub Niersteiner Paterberg Riesling Spätlese
89 points
riper, autumnal apples and pears, good length, yum.
White - Off-dry
2007 J & HA Strub Niersteiner Ölberg Riesling Spätlese
91 points
jackpot. red berries, apples, smoke, light middle full of minerality. YUM! (BUY!)
White
2007 Johann Geil Bechtheimer Geyersberg Riesling Spätlese trocken
88 points
dry, refreshiung with good finish, well made but a touch rough.
White
2007 Johann Geil Muskateller Trocken
87 points
sweet nose, grapy, but middle is dry and refreshing. fun wine
White
2007 Johann Geil Bechtheimer Rosengarten Riesling Kabinett
88 points
very nice true kabinet. drink now pleasure with enough fruit and complexity to last. QPR.
White
2007 Johann Geil Bechtheimer Heilig-Kreuz Scheurebe Kabinett
90 points
wow - wild cat sheu! grassy, ripe seet fruit, rich ..YUM! BUY (ridiculous qpr)
White - Off-dry
2007 Johann Geil Bechtheimer Geyersberg Riesling Spätlese
91 points
wasnt sure if i should post on this... hmm..maybe i should locate some for myself first :)
perfect spatlese, light, full of mineral, apples, tart finish... just delicious. and QPR... whats there to think about?
perfect spatlese, light, full of mineral, apples, tart finish... just delicious. and QPR... whats there to think about?
White - Off-dry
2007 Johann Geil Bechtheimer Hasensprung Rieslaner Auslese
89 points
cheese wine, ripe but not overly sweet, very nice.
Flight 10 (15 notes)
Leitz and Spreitzer both had excellent vintages. Leitz dry wines are really starting to sing and the sweet wines - i always love them . great showing for both producers.
White
2007 Weingut Josef Leitz Riesling Eins Zwei Dry "3"
88 points
qpr. sweet nose, almost dry (7g RS) light and mineraly. drink now. YUM
White
2007 Weingut Josef Leitz Rüdesheimer Berg Kaisersteinfels Riesling Alte Reben Spätlese Trocken
91 points
my fav dry wine of the day. apples, mineral, complex, very expressive already but has more there with time. excellent.
White
2007 Weingut Josef Leitz Rüdesheimer Drachenstein Riesling Dragonstone
89 points
even better than the '06. fresher, lighter, less pineapple and more melon and mangoe, great acidity. yum
White
2007 Weingut Josef Leitz Rüdesheimer Klosterlay Riesling Kabinett
89 points
call me crazy - i like "draggy" better. tropical with more pineapples, richer but sweeter. very very good but i didnt get the minerality as much here.
White - Off-dry
2007 Weingut Josef Leitz Rüdesheimer Magdalenenkreuz Riesling Spätlese
91 points
YAY my first fav leitz wine from '02 is back in full strength. ripe fruit, layers of yellow over red over more tropical touches and all of this in a great sleek steely package. BUY> QPR
White - Off-dry
2007 Weingut Josef Leitz Rüdesheimer Berg Schloßberg Riesling Spätlese
91 points
the masculine side of Rheingau, serious, rich and powerfull. (30% botritis) very good!
White - Off-dry
2007 Weingut Josef Leitz Rüdesheimer Berg Roseneck Riesling Spätlese
92 points
the other side of Rheingau - floral but in a different way then mosel. richer, bigger - stronger. excellent! (this is my fav in most years)
White
2007 Weingut Spreitzer Riesling Trocken
89 points
clean, very light, tart. great finish. QPR trocken.
White
2007 Weingut Spreitzer Oestricher Lenchen Riesling Erstes Gewächs
90 points
excellent. dry, refreshing, mineraly, lovely tartness on the finish, smoky, only a touch rough but very very good stuff!
White - Off-dry
2007 Weingut Spreitzer Oestricher Lenchen Riesling Kabinett halbtrocken
89 points
crunchy, very fresh with a dry finish. great acidity. very good
White
2007 Weingut Spreitzer Oestricher Doosberg Riesling Kabinett
89 points
riper nose, apples, citrus, fresh middle, good acidity. yum
White
2007 Weingut Spreitzer Oestricher Lenchen Riesling Kabinett
90 points
pear and apples, red berries, zing of acid, real shining example of kabinet. YUM!!! (BUY)
White - Off-dry
2007 Weingut Spreitzer Winkeler Jesuitengarten Riesling Spätlese
89 points
softer, richer, sweeter, floral, happy wine
White - Off-dry
2007 Weingut Spreitzer Oestricher Lenchen Riesling Spätlese 303
91 points
WOW wine, botrytis sweetness on the nose but the wine is sleek and mineral driven. excellent!
White - Off-dry
2007 Weingut Spreitzer Oestricher Lenchen Riesling Auslese
93 points
botrytis is kicking in but sooo cleanly, (130 Oe) leafy, floral, lily? minty, BA iddle into a refreshing finish. excellent
Flight 11 (6 notes)
Darting made, again, great wines at great prices..simply delicious stuff. perhaps not the most complex but who cares? these are true pleasure wines.
White
2007 Darting Dürkheimer Nonnengarten Riesling Kabinett
87 points
qpr - every year, clean, crisp, apples and pears. YUM
White
2007 Darting Dürkheimer Hochbenn Muskateller Kabinett trocken
88 points
sweet musty nose, dry, refreshing but a bit weak in the middle. nice
White
2007 Darting Dürkheimer Hochbenn Riesling Kabinett
88 points
ripe but with refreshing structure, good apple based fruit, fun wine
White
2007 Darting Dürkheimer Nonnengarten Gewürztraminer Kabinett
88 points
rose water, ripe nose but refreshingly dry middle, very nice
White - Off-dry
2007 Darting Dürkheimer Spielberg Scheurebe Spätlese
89 points
WOW jumps out at you - if you like the wild side of the grape this is your wine. ripe, sweaty, YUM!!!! (buy)
White - Sweet/Dessert
2007 Darting Ungsteiner Herrenberg Scheurebe Beerenauslese
91 points
ripe rich and seemless...wow... and this will only get better. QPR for sweet wines - BUY
Flight 12 (3 notes)
i like these wines, they offer good QPR and the gewurz is always my style. i tasted the whole range but it was the end of the day and my notes were too simple for the wines i did not absolutely love.
White
White
2005 Paul Blanck Gewurztraminer Altenbourg
90 points
lychee, good refreshing acid, long finish. yum!
White - Off-dry
2002 Paul Blanck Gewurztraminer Furstentum Vendanges Tardives
91 points
always love this bottling. ripe, rich VT style, excellent and QPR.
Flight 13 (4 notes)
Lustau - i tasted only these - since i dont generally like the regular range. i must say these are always well made sherries but rarely trully interesting. i tried these more rare wines and the Anada is fun and unique. the Fino was actually the one i really loved - made by a small producer on the coast. very very good.
White - Fortified
N.V. Emilio Lustau (Almacenista) Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Fino del Puerto Jose Luis González Obregón
91 points
excellent fino. light, salty, nutty, great stuff.
White - Fortified
N.V. Emilio Lustau Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Dry Amontillado V.O.S.
89 points
good but bit too rich and with sweet carmel notes (burned sugar?)
White - Fortified
N.V. Emilio Lustau Jerez-Xérès-Sherry 30 Years Old Oloroso VORS
90 points
touch sweet but refreshing and nutty, good.
White - Fortified
1990 Emilio Lustau Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Oloroso Anada
91 points
very cool vintage sherry, sweet- stopped fermentatio of palomino grapes - no px added. very interesting.
Closing
:) drink up! terry - HUGE congrats again on the JB and thanks so much for bringing these in!