Community Tasting Note

forceberry wrote:

Saturday, January 27, 2018 - 7,5% alcohol.

Luminous, medium-deep lime green color. Obviously very ripe, sweet and quite concentrated nose with intense and attractive aromas of lemon marmalade, some peppermint - even a touch of tootpaste! - a little bit of floral apple blossom character, a hint of ginger and a touch of orange marmalde. The warm and dry vintage of 2011 really shows here. On the palate the wine feels medium-sweet and quite full-bodied for a Mosel Riesling with breadth and sense of concentration and weight. There are quite powerful, very ripe and somewhat tropical flavors of papaya, tart peach, some yuzu fruit, a little bit of herbal spice, light pepperminty character, a hint of beeswax and a touch of beeswax. With some air, the wine becomes a tad sweeter and the peach notes start to turn towards apricot gummi candy notes. The wine is quite big and somewhat oily on the palate with moderately high acidity. The really lengthy finish is quite sweet and pretty concentrated with rich and vibrant flavors of peaches and nectarines, slatey mineral cut, some spicy herbal bitterness, a little bit of lemon marmalade and a hint of papaya.

This is quite a crowdpleaser with immense ripeness, power and persistence. The wine really isn't that sweet as it appears to be, but instead the fruit here is so ripe that it underlines the inherent sweetness of the wine quite effectively. Overall the style here is quite big and rich for a Mosel Spätlese and the difference to the Ürziger Würzgarten Spätlese 2014 that was drunk alongside was remarkable - this is much, much weightier and concentrated in style. Although there is still quite a bit of mileage left in this wine, cellaring-wise, I doubt that this wine will age as long and as gracefully as the lighter, more acid-driven vintages. Probably this wine will peak a bit after its 10th brithday and drink well until its 20th. Great and powerful stuff that is very drinkable already. Although I can imagine this wine will develop more from here, I doubt the score will go much higher. Good value at 26,99€.

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