Community Tasting Notes 11

• geoffreychambertin wrote: flawed

  July 25, 2021 - Corked 😔

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• NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine: 93 points

  September 11, 2020 - Evening with friends (@Private location, Solingen): Glass: Sophienwald
  Perfect bottle. The color was amazingly young: pale yellow color. Exactly like the 2013 Halenberg we had before.
  Fully developed, medium+ intense nose. Classic Zilliken. You either love it or hate it. Petrol, smoke, peat, slate combined in a unique and deeply complex melange. I really love it!
  On the palate almost dry. The sweetness has blended in, the medium+ acidity is still perfectly integrated. Beautiful mineral notes, yellow stone fruit, some petrol, hints of peat and smoke. Long. We wondered and discussed, how this bottle will continue to age. Under perfect storage conditions, I would give it at least another decade… 92-93. My best bottle of the three that I bought.

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• NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine: 90 points

  March 29, 2019 - An evening with wine geeks (Ristorante da Salvo, Stuttgart): Glass: WMF white wine
  Beautiful experience to taste the two Spätlesen side by side. Perfect bottle: Lable, fill level, cork! Color is amazingly youthful. Maybe like a 8-10 year old Riesling. Incredibly. Nose with some smokiness and peat. Interestingly way better than my first bottle. Balanced, lively and still kicking. Could stand its younger brother in any way. This bottle has even a future of further development of at least 5+ years. 89-90

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• NoTrollingerPlease wrote: 87 points

  March 1, 2019 - Glass: Zalto Universal
  Perfect bottle: Lable, fill level, cork! Color is amazingly youthful. Maybe like a 8-10 year old Riesling. Incredibly. Unfortunately, this wine cannot disguise its problematic vintage! It has all the classic Zilliken Genes: Smoky, peaty notes, good acidity. But it is a bit unbalanced and rather thin on the late palate and not very long and complex. Still a wonderful experience for lovers of mature Riesling, but not an epiphany at all. Drink up, even this perfect bottle will not get any better! 86-88

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• DaleW wrote: flawed

  February 6, 2015 - corked

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1985
• Type White - Off-dry
• Producer Zilliken (Forstmeister Geltz)
• Varietal Riesling
• Designation Spätlese
• Vineyard Saarburger Rausch
• Country Germany
• Region Mosel Saar Ruwer
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation n/a

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• In Cellars 6 (30%)
• Consumed 14 (70%)

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