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White - Off-dry

2019 Willi Schaefer Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Spätlese

Riesling

  • Germany
  • Mosel Saar Ruwer
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Community Tasting Notes 8

  • North Willis Likes this wine: 93 points

    May 11, 2024 - Drank over two days. First day showed juicy, ripe fruit and a long finish during which there was an exquisite dance between the fruit's sweetness and a minerally acidity. An electricity to this wine.
    Day 2: straight from fridge. Apple and petrol on the nose. Again, a delightful interplay between the wine's sweetness and acidity, although today the acidity is playing a more secondary role. Tons of ripe, sweet apple today. This will age effortlessly. 7.5% abv.

    2 people found this helpful Comment
  • chatters wrote:

    December 6, 2023 - Very apples; green and red backed by a touch of minerality, with time a little custard apple note joins as well as that earlier sponti note. More of the same on the palate, off-dry but the acidity kept things fresh. An excellent match with charred pork jowl and papaya salad.

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  • chatters wrote:

    July 29, 2023 - Coravin fun - Bordeaux and Mosel (My place, Kent Street): from Coravin. Medium plus intensity aromas show green and red apple, again that slaty minerality, pretty floral notes and, with time, a touch of Sponti (thanks Acyso). The palate a reflection of the fruit from the nose; green and red apple, with a little textured burr, off dry, medium plus length. Yum.

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  • roederer Likes this wine: 92 points

    June 27, 2023 - AP 08 20
    Beau bouchon, mais curieusement mou et, au final, insuffisant : un peu de vin a coulé et le haut de la bouteille, au dessous de la capsule, est collant. J'ai donc dû déboucher cette bouteille au nom transcendant (Himmelreich, l'empire des cieux - l'un des meilleurs, à mon avis, parmi les terroirs mosellans), que j'ai dû chasser à travers tout l'Allemagne (à vrai dire, je cherchais Wehlener Sonnenuhr Auslese, qu'on pourrait surnommer "l'Arlésienne" : introuvable) et dont je me promettais beaucoup de joies, bien avant sa maturité.
    Or pâle
    Au nez, fleurs blanches et fruits exotiques (mangue, fruit de la passion)
    En bouche, idem avec au départ une belle attaque de miel d'acacia. Grande acidité salivante, grande longueur en bouche, des vagues successives de goûts qui évoluent... une danse indescriptible. Ce qui me frappe le plus est la finesse, la subtilité dans un équilibre parfait, comme un équilibriste sur son fil. Rien du massif ni du surpuissant que la réputation du vinificateur me laissait imaginer.
    Un mien ami décèle en fin de bouche une légère amertume, signe du début d'oxydation auquel on pouvait s'attendre.

    Defective, not flawed. Dommage pour le bouchon... vive les bouchons plastique, décidément, même pour une bouteille de garde comme celle-ci.

  • chatters wrote:

    March 9, 2023 - German Riesling (Five Way Cellars, Paddington): Peachy, very slight custard apple, a little pain d'epices. Medium plus intensity acidity, tangy, fleshy, peachy fruit is joined by other stone based fruits - nectarine especially, off dry, rich but balanced residual sugar and acidity. Medium plus length. Yum.

    1 person found this helpful Comment
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Wine Definition

  • Vintage 2019
  • Type White - Off-dry
  • Producer Willi Schaefer
  • Varietal Riesling
  • Designation Spätlese
  • Vineyard Graacher Himmelreich
  • Country Germany
  • Region Mosel Saar Ruwer
  • SubRegion n/a
  • Appellation n/a
  • UPC Code 4000146568101

Community Holdings

  • Pending Delivery 5 (2%)
  • In Cellars 282 (85%)
  • Consumed 44 (13%)

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Community Recommendations

apéro, fromage, mets asiatiques, mets épicés

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