Community Tasting Notes 11

• octopussy Likes this wine: 91 points

  April 17, 2018 - Riesling Swag 2018 (Vlet Hamburg): ~ 8 g/l residual sugar. Light to medium yellow colour. In the nose, this still seems very young, it's tight and a bit restrained, but it shows nice notes of funk, white fruit, flowers and green herbs. In the mouth, it tastes drier than it is, it's also quite tight, the acidity is well integrated, it's very structured and does not yet seem to unleash its full potential.

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• MC wrote:

  February 2, 2014 - Gold color, nose shows fruit and a bit of oxidation. Full bodied and showing a bit of sweetness, this is good, but advanced and a bit flabby. I am probably being a little unfair after the wonderful '97 we had last night, but this is a notch below that and should be drunk now. B+

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• salil wrote: 90 points

  July 21, 2013 - Leo's Blind Tasting Group - July '13 edition (Cookshop, NY): Comes across a bit more advanced than I'd expect a '99 to be (I was guessing this was from the mid/early 90s), but this is lovely with rich pear, citrus and stone fruit framed by developed smoky and earthy notes, finishing long and savoury.

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• BradKNYC wrote:

  December 17, 2012 - In which I host the Supper Club- Burg, Bordeaux and boeuf Bourguignon. (My place.): Took a little while to uncoil, but it grew beautifully with air. Showing some maturity with its petrol flavors and aromas and lightly nutty character, it's dry but exhibits nice ripeness to the fruit. Large scaled with great length and palate presence, especially by the end of the evening. Mineral, yellow citrus and peach pit dominate. It paired very nicely with the butternut squash soup with crab meat. A-.

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• vulgar little monkey wrote: 93 points

  August 19, 2012 - Kirk Wallace over on Wine Disorder was spot on about this wine, it was dynamite. Bristle-y flowers over waxy yellow and green fruits that fade into just a hint of honey. On the palate it is generous for a Prager wine. This was the first commercial vintage from a higher elevation vineyard reclaimed by Tony Bodenstein. It doesn't have the aggression of an Achleiten. It is measured and pretty and wonderful on the palate. Has enough structure yet to pair very well with some crab cakes. My last bottle of this, so I won't know where it goes from here but this was as good a place as any to catch this wine. I've been on a roll for the last couple of weeks with wine and this exemplifies that good luck.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1999
• Type White
• Producer Prager
• Varietal Riesling
• Designation Smaragd
• Vineyard Wachstum Bodenstein
• Country Austria
• Region Niederösterreich
• SubRegion Wachau
• Appellation n/a

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• In Cellars 14 (29%)
• Consumed 34 (71%)

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