Community Tasting Note

JRockEsq Likes this wine:

Sunday, November 7, 2021 - Method: blind against 9 other 2019 Spatlese; ice bucket cold (colder than I prefer); opened a few hours in advance

Nose: peach, ginger, guava, mineral; nice nose

Palate: huge minerality, parsley, lime pith; medium finish of bitter herbs; low+ sweetness; medium body; spritz; medium+ acidity

Overall: I really enjoyed the nose and this has nice enough acidity, especially relative to the lower sweetness, but the notes on the palate are not what I'm looking for. I want riper fruit to balance out the minerality and/or herbal notes, but instead I got lime pith, bitter herbs, etc. This ranked in last place at #10 for me in the tasting and was the group's consensus #9. Very good wine in general, but currently disappointing relative to its peers.

Update: I tried this again on day 4 and some ripe fruit was showing through (even something tropical, like guava or even banana), so it might have been around a 90 - 91 at that point.

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