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• NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine: 94 points

  June 18, 2020 - Asperg Wine Syndrome Tasting Group: 3 Guys, some wine (@home): Glass: Zalto Universal
  Popped and poured, tasted blind. Clear, deep golden color. Clean, medium+ intense, fully developed nose. Lots of herbs, tangerine, dill, fine vanilla, some caramel. I could swear this is Ruwer! And I still don’t believe it, that this is the Erdener Prälat 😊
  Medium-sweet, wonderfully buffered and balanced by the medium+ perfectly integrated acidity. Only 8% abv. Fine fruit, tangerine, vanilla with a lovely mineral core? RUWER!!!! 😊 Wonderful balance and harmony, very little botrytis, creamy, juicy and very elegant. Looong, juicy finish with fine fruit and lots of grip. My first Christoffel in perfect condition! This bottle is at full peak. 94-95

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• Sotto325 wrote: 93 points

  August 20, 2016 - Christoffle is one of the old Mosel auslese masters. His star property, the EP, often retains its rich, golden, semi-viscous nature and has a bold minerality and wonderful floral bouquet that is less wild than the UW but deep than the WS. The 1994s have been uniformly excellent. This last bottle has begun to show as well, increased dryness and acidity on the final 1/4 toward the end of the palate. Drink now for a still wonderful experience.

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• Sotto325 wrote: 93 points

  December 5, 2015 - The Erdener is prize property and this 3-asterisk has just taken on more power over the years. This wine actually drinks a bit young! The typical, more viscous and initially sweet EP site develops within 15 minutes into a more complex; less sweet, honeyed, gripped, slowly exploding flower of apricot, wildflower honey, lemon zest, sweet orange a bit of of tangy floral notes. Needs a few more years to get where the 1994 Wehlener and Urziger are. A special bottle.,as all of these 1990-1998 ex-cellar releases by Christoffel are-- and some of the finest wines around but very fairly priced because they are not sufficiently well known.

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  September 9, 2014 - A Visit To Jos. Christoffel Jr. In Urzig (Weingut Jos Christoffel Jr): There was lots of conversation again, so the notes here are very brief. Aromas of grapefruit, with zest, sage, and red soil show on the nose. The palate is quite complicated, with yellow apples, pears, and even cherry flavors showing. Some mineral and floral flavors appear as well.

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• Sotto325 wrote: 92 points

  November 13, 2013 - Another wonderful Christoffel older Auslese from the ex-cellars release a few years ago. Worth the wait! I am finding that the 1994s are moving forward from 2 years ago and gaining in weight and mixing better the acid backbones. The Erdener bottling is more honey driven and golden citrus than the Treppchen, with a little less going on than in the 1996. Pulling ahead of the 1995 now, though both are not yet showing the full flowery bouquet that should one day unfold

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1994
• Type White - Off-dry
• Producer Jos. Christoffel Jr. (Christoffel-Prüm)
• Varietal Riesling
• Designation Auslese ***
• Vineyard Erdener Prälat
• Country Germany
• Region Mosel Saar Ruwer
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation n/a

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• In Cellars 48 (62%)
• Consumed 30 (38%)

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