Mittleres Goldgelb. In der Nase reduktiv, etwas Muff, öffnet sich dann mehr und mehr, mineralische Noten, Anflüge von Petrol, dezent Kräuter, komplex. Im Gaumen rund, zugänglich, reife Frucht, gut verpackte Säure, der Wein zeigt trotz 13 Jahren auf dem Buckel viel Frische, salin, zitrisch und wiederum mit mineralischer Note im Abgang. Spannend und aktuell ein Gedicht - unbedingt dekantieren.
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This in a fantastic place. My score may be conservative. Intoxicating bouquet of slate, smoke, petrol, honey, and pink grapefruit. Quite full and complex on the palate with the smoke and petrol at the forefront, complex honey notes in the middle, and a lingering finish of citrusy/grapefurit notes. The color is golden. The concentration of fruit is impressive, gives an impression of sweetness. This has changed substantially since the acidic baby it was, and should last and give pleasure for quite some time yet.. patience is required for those that only have a bottle or two left
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Vacation wines; 6/27/2023-7/6/2023 (Hotel Sonne, Partschins, IT): Glass: Spiegelau Universal Popped and poured, drunk over two days. Clear, medium golden color. Beautiful complex, round and developing notes with lots of tropical fruit. On the palate also very round, balanced and harmonious. No signs of the SF typical "Stinker". Developed with air and time, even better on day two. A bit more complex as the 2010 Morstein I had before and with more tension and energy. Beautiful wine with still some upscale potential. 94+
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Medium gold, colour appears more developed than expected. Nose of apricot and honeysuckle, similar flavours on the palate interspersed with stones, medium-plus bodied and slightly viscous texture, elegant acid line.
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Drunk over two hours, zalto universal. Not quite sure if it had a hint of cork, or if it was just the sponti notes that had been transformed into something slightly cardboardy. Great mouthfilling taste, plenty of acidity, ripe and greenish at the same time. It even seemed to have a particular textural feel (I seem to be obsessed by texture these days). Very impressive and at the same time easy to drink.
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BYO Centropa "vin utenfor Frankrike" (Centropa, Oslo, Norway): Strågul med gyllent skjær. Nydelig, sødmefull duft med svakt tropiske toner og gul frukt. Ingen tegn til petroleum, men noen nevner "squashball". Gul frukt også i anslaget, moden og pent utviklet riesling, veldig god fylde med god "power" og konsentrasjon. Lang smakskurve med god balanse hele veien og med sødmefulle sitrus- og tropiske toner i avslutningen. Har utviklet seg positivt siden forrige flaske drukket i 2018 og holder seg fortsatt på et svært godt nivå.
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Cork was perfect, but the golden colour had me initially worried. No signs of premature oxidation though. Let it air for a couple of hours. A bold nose of citrus fruits, kerosene, and some honeysuckle. Full bodied on the palate. Not linear. Instead this cascades over the palate like a torrent covering every crevice with plenty of pithy citrus fruit, some tropical flavours, and minerals. Texture is slightly waxy. Hint of fruit sweetness. Excellent stuff.
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A bright yellow colour. The nose has lemon, honey, pineapple, minerals and a slight kerosene note. The palate is rich but balanced with lively acidity, minerality and slight residual sweetness. Lovely.
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The problem what to pnp after the first 3 bottles increases, Cathiard, Tondonia blanco, Hubacker, again help is on the way from good old Germany! If you want to outdo a Hubacker you need a jet of energy! Easily choosing the right one! what a smell, the spontaneous fermentation notes of younger S-F bottles beamed away by time, a fresh winter mountain stream emerges, mineral ultra limy nose, the palate shy in the beginning, but what to testify after one hour aeration? Could recall some memories from my military time, two starfighters starting with all that noise, tremble one watching them starting, this one is the pure, clean energy play, never tried to put one of your fingers in the socket? and, this one with even more energy than the 2009 Felseneck recently, a great ultra long finish, and the best of all, ultra young Riesling appearance, **(***), an easy 100 for tonight imho!
Let me explain in some sentences why an 100 for me tonight? Riesling for me is the best grape respectively for Whites, just IMHO, and there are only some vine yards that come close to the leader of the pack, KPK in my view is the most searched for producer for dry Riesling in Europe, here on ct I could recall that asian and american users are not really familiar with him, in my view Rheinhessen do not have most of the best vine yards, a top producer could fill a really great Riesling, but there are better vineyards elsewhere, first of all the MOSEl, but I do really prefer them for the classic Riesling style, so there is Rheingau, Franken; Pfalz and Nahe Rheingau really is not for me, too often voluptuous bottles drunk, Franken yes too with pronounced mineral showing but I like them best for their Sylvaner GG s, Pfalz, great vine yards, the Saumagen, Ungeheuer, Pechstein, Weilberg and so on, a mixture of fruit and mineral style, finally the NAhe, for me the real play for mineral, ultradry, electric Riesling, best vineyard without doubt Hermannshöhle, looking into the records of the tax files from Prussia! ;-) and there are many others, Halenberg, Felsenberg, Krötenpfuhl, Bastei, Pittermännchen, Dellchen and so on, but there is this small village some 10 Km abroad the Nahe, Bockenau, the father of the present chief from S-F bought most hectars of the Felseneck and Stromberg, evolved the treatment of the grapes, the owner now, Tim Fröhlich, a Riesling visionary, my top producer for dry GG Riesling is Schäfer-Fröhlich without any doubt! AMEN!
Last fifth of this bottle today, 96 hours later: very creamy, chalky predominantly now, no oxidation aromas, none! Creamy limy flow with enormous persistence still! What a WOW bottle!
Light lemon color. Bright green apple, caraway seed, hay, and mineral notes on the nose. Mouth coating and persistent on the palate with good balance and a delicate finish.
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Nahe night at Table, Donkey and Stick (Chicago, IL): #23-11, 13% abv. I liked this more than the 2011 Dönnhoff served alongside. First off, there is a hit of Haribo pineapple gummi bears on the nose here, which I generally tend to attribute to sponti (I get it a lot in Willi Schaefer's wines too). The fruit here is a little sweeter and riper, and I suspect there might have even been a hint of botrytis in this. Spicy and delicious, but still lacking the broad texture that I prefer in my GGs.
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Really excellent, long and fruity yet dry. I will wait a while before drinking other bottles, and feel like I could have decanted it? Looking forward to seeing how this will develop over time - definitely a long life ahead!
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From 75cl, short but evidently effective cork. Opened but not decanted 1 hour, did not move much over the subsequent 90 minutes. This extraordinary, effortless GG is not just the finest Riesling trocken, but also the best white wine I can remember tasting since a perfect bottle of Marquis de Laguiche Montrachet 1997 quite some years ago. Tropical fruit, smoke, incense and saline; fabulous knife-edge balance of ripe acidity and super-concentrated fruit; light-footed texture with intense stony minerality. Truly phenomenal balance and roomy, architectural structure. Great wine, perfect early maturity, time in hand. Sorry acquacongas (CT TN 08.04.2021), this is stylistically about as far from any "Bürklin-Wolf from Pfalz" I have ever tasted as Margaux is from Pomerol... 95-96P
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not blind, decanted for half an hour I had it tighter in memory. In the finish a bit too sweet. Good acidity structure. Not over his top but close to it. Primary notes are still present. Very creamy. Could be something like Bürklin-Wolf from Pfalz. 92-93
Dinner at Bar-a-Thym (Bar-a-Thym): Drinking very nicely at just over a decade of age, I really liked this. The nose actually smelt rather sweet, with notes of honey and beeswax, some stone fruited tones, and a litter of white flowers and chamomile, all laced together with a little line of stony mineral aromas. Nice. The palate was very good indeed. Deep, powerful, round, yet perfectly balanced and wonderfully cut and defined - this had a sense of fit like a well-tailored power suit I thought. The attack was rich and plump, with seemingly sweet notes of stone fruit and honey sweeping into a tighter, powerfully mineral midpalate, and then into a full, deep finish traced with a really nice seam of chalk and mineral pulling away into the far distance. Excellent stuff; so very nicely balanced and superbly integrated, yet so quaffable yummy and food-friendly enough that it almost had a blink-and-you-miss-it quality. Lovely stuff, especially good with a crab-cake with Asian influenced flavours and a more buttery Turbot dish.
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10 years after Riesling tasting - 2010 (Restaurant Holz und Feuer, Kirchheim, Germany): *** brief impression from tasting event, no detailed tasting note *** Glass: Gabriel Standard and Sophienwald Bordeaux Bottle opened at noon, double decanted. Drunk about 8-10h later. Clear, pale golden color. Lots of spontaneous fermentation notes on the palate. Good acidity and balance, a bit to sweet for my taste. Some ripe melon, still very young. I think, this wine is not yet at its peak and needs some more cellar age. 91-92+
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blind After Felseneck 2009 I got served this one. I guessed same vintage and Breuer's Schloßberg. For a 2010 a bit evolved, feels dry and focused. Great density and pureness. Long life ahead. No hurry to empty the bottles. 93-94
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Not blind, side by side with the Felseneck 2011 typical Felseneck nose, a bit sweeter than 11, concentrated but missing a biz the balance in the finish. 93
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Tasted on two consecutive days. Beautiful, complex nose. A lot of fruit, and herbs definitely Botrytis involved here. Nose stays stable over the two days, a little bit more open on the second. Palate a little rough and broad on the first day. Very powerful, astonishingly low to almost non tasteable acidity. Opens up on the second day, gets a little bit more refined and precise. But still a powerhouse, not elegant and lacks acidity. Drink now!
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I was wrong I guessed 2014. Lean and a bit closed. The acidity is well balanced and not too edgy. A really young wine and lives for another decade. 94+
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Popped, poured, consumed over next two hours. Started off very spritzy. Within 30 minutes, it settled down and just kept improving in the glass revealing nuance after nuance along with a wonderful balance of dry fruit, citrus acidity, chalky saline mineralogy and oily glycerine. Wonderful dry Riesling.
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30min of air. Pale yellow. Deep nose, lemon, green apples, orange peel,touch of tropical, a sea breeze. Soft opening but evolve quickly high pressure on the palate, long and pure, great balance all the way. Wow
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The 2010 Felseneck GG was intense with mineral-infused lemon, rich yet stimulating, giving way to crushed stone, sea air and dusty sweet spice. On the palate, I found depths of powerful citrus, green melon and spice as minerals saturated and zesty acids cleansed the senses. The finish was long and promising many years of further development, so intense, with lasting yellow citrus and coating minerality.
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Holy cow this is good. Does anyone do GG’s better? Nectarine and apricot skin show on the stony nose. There is a mellow maturity that sucks me in. The palate is incredible- both juicy and rich with super depth and a real presence. Great. (96)
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Nahe^3: 10 vintages of Halenberg, Hermannshöhle and Felseneck + X (@Private location, Frankfurt): *** brief note from an extensive tasting *** Glass: Gabriel Gold Tasted blind. Bottle opened about 2-4h before, double decanted before serving. A bit unbalanced and nervous acidity. Wonderful tension and pressure, surprisingly round and soft with fine mineral notes and a good length. One of the few wines where I guess it is at its full peak. 92-93
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Ed & family over: 94 - minerals, citrus, wet stone, great depth / complexity, medium round, ‘bigger’ than most Rieslings, yet fresh, crisp, spot on, strong long finish.
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This has citrus and minerals and a great layered taste with more residual sugar than usual in a S-F GG. Highly attractive, good balance. Its slight bitterness went very well with a number of vegetable dishes.
On the second day the nose also shows a beautiful rich dimension of golden fruits. Great wine, probably the best S-F I have had.
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Oh my, this a beautiful Riesling. There are floral and peach notes with a twinge of herbal grace notes in the nose. The palate has lime zest, but not in the forefront, more white peach and a strong minerality. The mouthfeel is unexpected, as it is almost creamy. The acidity is rather mild for a German Riesling. There also is noticeable residual sugar, though I am particularly sensitive to RS. If I were to taste this blind, I would guess that it was grand cru Alsatian Riesling. Given the level of acidity I would recommend drinking sooner rather than later
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Decanted for about 2 hours, drank from Gabriel. Medium golden color, pretty open developing bouquet with lots of passion fruit, mango, quince, red apple, lemon tart, honey and some smokey saline minerality. On the palate quite balanced, but rather juicy and easy-drinking with low tannins, medium body and medium(-) acidity, long finish with some iodine minerality. I liked it very much, but for my personal taste it comes with too much residual sugar to show the real greatness of its terroir.
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Great Riesling from Nahe! Mineral note, stone, peach, little rounder than other Riesling GG’s I’ve tasted, papaya, very light petrol note, very long finish!
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Strågul. Moden, utviklet duft med petroleumstoner, ananas og lemonade. Petropreget slipper aldri helt taket, men tones litt ned etter et par timer på karaffel. Moden også på smak, med stor konsentrasjon, skiferaktig mineralitet, flott og meget rik frukt med preg av moden sitron, grapefrukt og svakt tropiske toner. Oljete tekstur, fabelaktig intensitet, vibrerende syre og 60 sek+ ettersmak med varm, salt og mineralsk avslutning. Jeg får en 5 % tequilashot-assosiasjon her! En stor riesling.
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Wednesday afternoon casual at ES BK. Appearance is clear, medium intensity, brilliant yellow gold colour. Legs. Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of yellow chrysanthemum flowers, honey, beeswax, saline and stones minerality, apricots. Developed. On the palate, dry, piercing to the soul high acidity, medium alcohol (13%), medium+ body. Pronounced flavour intensity, with waves of flavours of salty saline wet stones minerality, crushed rocks, beeswax honey nectar, apricots, nectarines, ripe peaches, citrus lemon, hot oil. Long reverberating finish. Outstanding quality. One of the best GG I have tried so far. Good to drink up now. Already so good. How much more complexity can further age provide?
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Still a baby but yet a giant, compared to yesterday's 09 this is leaner and tighter but the lime combined with the herbal note and wet stones is brialliant. The finish is austere and pure. at least ten more years. 95-96
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What a wine !!, Stones , length, stones , structure, stones , acid , stones !!! I love stones in my riesling !!! Amazing white a point. But no hurry ! Cudos to Tim !!!!
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08 toll, 11 super, 09 überragend. Dieser reiht sich in die starke Riege nahtlos ein. In der Nase etwas reif und den üblichen Stinker, der sich mit der Zeit verliert. Gelbe Steinfrüchte, Pfirsich, nasser Stein. Salzig, kräftig, aber unglaublich präzise. Die Säure bohrt sich durch die Fruchtaromen und läßt den Wein immer feiner erscheinen. Messerscharf präzise. Noch nicht auf dem Höhepunkt. Keine Eile. Ganz starkes Ding vom Tim. 95-96
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The first nose and taste certainly have "wow factor". The impression is complex, rich, intense, and balanced, with quite a range of flavours from green lime to yellow tropical fruits. The problems occur on the finish, which is no way as long as expected, not really harmonious and slightly cardboardy (which might have to do with so2, acid reduction, and/or filtering?). Furthermore, it's a slow drinker and the last sip is less attractive than the first. Our last bottle, and we're fine with that.
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Good, but the 2009 showed much better a couple of months ago...09 was more serious, mineral driven and firm. I suspect that 2010 GGs in general are showing a bit oddly right now, but perhaps there was some acid reduction. It's been suggested in Germany without pointing fingers.
Enjoyed @ Alinea's "in residence" dinner in Miami.
Stunning pairing with two dishes - a dry ice I steaming cauldron of "Moqueca"-inspired ceviche (best single dish of the night), and 3 composed bites including a "crab zeppole" skewered on a whole dry vanilla bean.
Gorgeous aromas of honeydew, pear, grapefruit, lychee, peony, and apricot; on the palate and paired with the intensely acidic ceviche brought out passion fruit, butterscotch, pistachio and verbena. Finish was a long lingering memory of flowers :)
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Had at GR RHR as an aperitif and also with the Lobster Ravioli and the Halibut. Vibrant crunchy minerality. The sommelier rejected the first bottle as corked. The one we had was absolutely delicious.
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Outstanding tropical fruit on the nose, perfectly balanced with crunchy minerality, citrus, honey and white flowers. Great. Lovely weight on the palate. Still driven by the tropical fruit and the minerality, now also accompanied by perfectly balanced acidity. A bit heavier now, almost fat in the aftertaste. The focus in all parts is just amazing. Will probably develop for a very long time but if you like the fruit I suggest you drink it the coming year or so.
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Pop'n'pour 12 gr. Duft av sitrus, honningmelon, fersken og litchi. Føles lukket på duft sammenliknet med tidligere. Smak av sitrus, lettere tropisk fersken, mango og litchi aroma, streif av honning og bittert sitronskall. Svært mineralsk og skiferpreget. Enorm dybde i vinen, med bitterhet mot beskhet i avslutningen. Syren virker mer avslepen en tidligere og den intense florale fruktigheten er borte :( Ingen petroleums duft eller smak, men har en følelse av at bensinstasjonen er rundt neste sving.. (kan fornemme en antydning til smøregravaroma :) ) Lang smak og svært kompleks.
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Intensive Nase nach Zitrus, exotischer Frucht, mineralische Anklänge und Eisbonbons; am Gaumen frisch, ausgewogene Frucht voller Schmelz, am Gaumen prickelnde Säure, feiner Abgang; ausgesprochen leckerer Wein, gar nicht anstrengend!
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This is a total stunner. The medium-intense nose is a refreshing, icy mix of citrus and minerals. The medium-bodied palate is dry, but it is so concentrated and so ripe that there is an underlying opulent sweetness that makes this super appealing. As is typical with this bottling, this is a chiseled, acidic, mineral version of riesling that has everything in spades. It's fresh enough to be gulpable, bold enough to please the crowd, and deep and complex enough to satisfy wine geeks. An excellent showing and a buy for me every year.
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Decanted for 3 hours. Surprisingly open for a 2010. Very intense both on the nose and on the palate. Very energetic, laser-like focus and very complex and broad on the palate with notes of grape fruit, flowers, honey, peaches and sea shells. Maybe a bit more linear than the 09 which i prefer, but still great!
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VinGilles Grosse Gewächse Tasting (Amsterdam): Amazing expression on the nose, rich and tropical fruit, fabulous energy and tension, piercing minerality and acidity covered in ripe flesh, excellent length.
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Pale yellow colour, some bubbles cling to the glass. Nose with noticeable smoky notes, citrus (primarily lime?), some green apple, discrete flowery notes. Dry on the palate, but also a hint of sweetness in the attack, rather high acidity, a hint of bitterness, citrus aromas. Young, but it works now, 90(+) p.
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1st day: kiwi, lime, pineapple, mango, and bicarbonate. Intense with impressive extract, balanced acidity, overall harmonious. 3rd day: more complex, spicier and smokier minerality, and greener on the palate, with more pronounced bitterness. We expected it to show better after a long airing, but on the first day it tasted great. Guess one should either drink now or wait like 4-5 years.
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Högklassig GG med fylliga toner av citrus, mogna päron, och en touch av mango. Doftpref fortsätter i munnen med härlig mineralitet. Naturligtvis ung och kommer växa med fler år i källaren.
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Quite amazing! So clean yet deep nose of smoke, lemon, apples and wet stones. The taste is very full. Beautiful apple-like acidity and very long after-taste of volcanic soil. Excellent wine with a huge potential!
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Tasted side-by-side with the 2011. Nice full body, tremendous acidity (more than 2011). Hard to judge which one I liked better, but after some back and forth, the 2011 may be, today, just slightly better.
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Rett i glasset ved 11 grader. Mindre intens fruktig lukt nå en tidligere, fortsatt typisk tropisk fruktlukt med fersken om mest dominerende. Fyldig fruktig smak av fersken, nektarin, litchi og sitrus. Jeg synes frukten nå er noe mer avdempet enn tidligere. Lett perlende i munnen og en lang balansert ettersmak. (super til gratinert hummer)
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I'm a little late in posting this note, which largely accords with DCWino's contemporaneous note. I opened this bottle at 11 pm the night before and the wine filled out considerable and added a great deal of nuance, as the wild yeasts integrated and the fruit notes came forward. Read DCWino note for further information. These wines, in their youth, definitely need air time. I walked in this vineyard in July 2010 when we had no idea how profound this vintage would become. Bravo Tim!
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Mostly Baroli gathering at Bluegrass (Bluegrass restaurant, Baltimore): This is not unlike the 09 that Henry generously opened a few months back but more primary fruit driven. Primary, ripe, bubble gum, pear, lemon, grapefruit, white pepper, smoke and a hint of SB like spicy jalapeno. Unctuous oily palate, limestone and bright acidity. Apparently some residual sugar but hardly noticeable. The primary fruit gives a bit fuller and less dry impression than the 09. Lovely wine.
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Grapefruit,Limone,leicht gerösteter Reis,Tiefe,herrliche Säure,irgendwo Feuerstein,dazwischen wenig Ananas,vielschichtig,langer Abgang. Auch im jugendlichen Alter,klar eine "trinkanimierende" Höchstleistung
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Dinner and MMA at Dr. Culang's: Gorgeous nose, and a layered, complex palate. Lemons. Minerals. Very precise. I think there is a very small bit of residual sugar despite the GG designation, which gives this a nice roundness. One of the better wines of the evening. This went fast.
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piercing acidity underlies a mineral driven wine. some fruit is there, but there is a tremendous amount of structure that forms the core of this wine. extremely well made and a great wine., my own personal preference tends towards something a little softer, but this is a great bottle.
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Great stuff. A fragrance that suggests this may have come from rocks rather than grapes, and each sip of this wows with the fruit and mineral flavours showing incredible clarity and precision. There's powerful acidity beneath but it never feels particularly severe or austere, instead it conveys flavour with a sense of refreshment I rarely find in GGs.
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day 1: 2 hrs of air in bottle. wow... so nuanced on the nose. just beautiful. grapefruit, ginger & slate. not heavy, but dense & concentrated on the palate. pure & clean finish. outstanding.
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Beautiful. Still has the tell tale wild yeast. Enjoyed this over about a 5 hour period last night. Initially, the top notes of the wild yeast, but increasingly a bouquet of sweet pink grapefruit, alternating with facets of tangerine and white peach, underlying minerality. Taut yet a concentration of fruits that belies the acidity of the vintage and the very low RS. Far more complex and intense thatn the bockenauer trocken. We walked in this vineyard in the summer of 2010 when the grapes were quite young, and Tim was kind enough to pour us a barrell sample of the 09 Felseneck which was all about wet stones and minerals. I must try the 09 very soon while the impression of the 10 is so fresh. These wines are going to provide great great pleasure for years to come (if they don't disapper too quickly)
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What a gorgeous liquid, and a wine that puts Großes in GG. Pop and pour, but enjoyed on the second day. My my, I love the cherry skin perception on the nose that sneaks into the mouth a little. This wine is beautifully dry with a pretty bitterness that pulls through the mouth tart citrus and red fruit skins, beautiful minerality and an uncanny smoothness. Tim Schäfer-Frohlich has knocked it out of the park in 2010. I strongly recommend these wines.
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A really slow starter. Two hours decanting on the first day made the spontaneous fermentation notes go away but left a rather muted and unremarkable wine. On the second day the qualities of the wine appeared only after two hours: Lots of green fresh notes and some peach and strong minerality; lively with excellent balance. I will leave the remaining bottle for a number of years.
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VDP- winetasting, Hotel Jacob, Hamburg, Germany: What a nose, peaches, other stone fruits, like the others from the NAHE still too young, aromatic of shale, very long aftertaste, for me nearly as outstanding as the Hermannshöhle! lots of potential 93-95
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Just an intoxicating nose of orange, green apple, lemon thyme, white flowers, and smoky minerals. Insane balance on the palate, with Meyer lemon, nectarine, pink grapefruit, riverstones, and petrol. Tons of extract - this is really rich for a GG bottling - but the acidity is rocking, leaving a simultaneously full and round, yet weightless, mouthfeel. Long stone fruit and mineral finish. It seems no one agrees on whether this vintage will age well or not - for me, it's so good now, why risk it? Always nice to have your WOTY towards the end.
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3/1/2024 - vvWine.ch wrote: 93 Points
Mittleres Goldgelb. In der Nase reduktiv, etwas Muff, öffnet sich dann mehr und mehr, mineralische Noten, Anflüge von Petrol, dezent Kräuter, komplex. Im Gaumen rund, zugänglich, reife Frucht, gut verpackte Säure, der Wein zeigt trotz 13 Jahren auf dem Buckel viel Frische, salin, zitrisch und wiederum mit mineralischer Note im Abgang. Spannend und aktuell ein Gedicht - unbedingt dekantieren.
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10/7/2023 - baroloboy55-2.0 wrote: 94 Points
This in a fantastic place. My score may be conservative. Intoxicating bouquet of slate, smoke, petrol, honey, and pink grapefruit. Quite full and complex on the palate with the smoke and petrol at the forefront, complex honey notes in the middle, and a lingering finish of citrusy/grapefurit notes. The color is golden. The concentration of fruit is impressive, gives an impression of sweetness. This has changed substantially since the acidic baby it was, and should last and give pleasure for quite some time yet.. patience is required for those that only have a bottle or two left
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7/3/2023 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine: 94 Points
Vacation wines; 6/27/2023-7/6/2023 (Hotel Sonne, Partschins, IT): Glass: Spiegelau Universal
Popped and poured, drunk over two days.
Clear, medium golden color. Beautiful complex, round and developing notes with lots of tropical fruit.
On the palate also very round, balanced and harmonious. No signs of the SF typical "Stinker". Developed with air and time, even better on day two. A bit more complex as the 2010 Morstein I had before and with more tension and energy. Beautiful wine with still some upscale potential. 94+
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3/18/2023 - lightning wrote: 89 Points
Medium gold, colour appears more developed than expected. Nose of apricot and honeysuckle, similar flavours on the palate interspersed with stones, medium-plus bodied and slightly viscous texture, elegant acid line.
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3/17/2023 - DK Amateur wrote:
Drunk over two hours, zalto universal. Not quite sure if it had a hint of cork, or if it was just the sponti notes that had been transformed into something slightly cardboardy. Great mouthfilling taste, plenty of acidity, ripe and greenish at the same time. It even seemed to have a particular textural feel (I seem to be obsessed by texture these days). Very impressive and at the same time easy to drink.
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3/14/2023 - GuWin wrote: 93 Points
BYO Centropa "vin utenfor Frankrike" (Centropa, Oslo, Norway): Strågul med gyllent skjær. Nydelig, sødmefull duft med svakt tropiske toner og gul frukt. Ingen tegn til petroleum, men noen nevner "squashball". Gul frukt også i anslaget, moden og pent utviklet riesling, veldig god fylde med god "power" og konsentrasjon. Lang smakskurve med god balanse hele veien og med sødmefulle sitrus- og tropiske toner i avslutningen. Har utviklet seg positivt siden forrige flaske drukket i 2018 og holder seg fortsatt på et svært godt nivå.
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11/18/2022 - JonathanP wrote: 93 Points
Cork was perfect, but the golden colour had me initially worried. No signs of premature oxidation though. Let it air for a couple of hours. A bold nose of citrus fruits, kerosene, and some honeysuckle. Full bodied on the palate. Not linear. Instead this cascades over the palate like a torrent covering every crevice with plenty of pithy citrus fruit, some tropical flavours, and minerals. Texture is slightly waxy. Hint of fruit sweetness. Excellent stuff.
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11/15/2022 - cliftonng wrote: 93 Points
A bright yellow colour. The nose has lemon, honey, pineapple, minerals and a slight kerosene note. The palate is rich but balanced with lively acidity, minerality and slight residual sweetness. Lovely.
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2/1/2022 - fc1910 Likes this wine: 100 Points
The problem what to pnp after the first 3 bottles increases,
Cathiard, Tondonia blanco, Hubacker,
again help is on the way from good old Germany!
If you want to outdo a Hubacker you need a jet of energy!
Easily choosing the right one!
what a smell, the spontaneous fermentation notes of younger S-F bottles beamed away by time,
a fresh winter mountain stream emerges, mineral ultra limy nose,
the palate shy in the beginning, but what to testify after one hour aeration?
Could recall some memories from my military time, two starfighters starting with all that noise, tremble one watching them starting,
this one is the pure, clean energy play,
never tried to put one of your fingers in the socket?
and, this one with even more energy than the 2009 Felseneck recently,
a great ultra long finish, and the best of all, ultra young Riesling appearance, **(***), an easy 100 for tonight imho!
Let me explain in some sentences why an 100 for me tonight?
Riesling for me is the best grape respectively for Whites, just IMHO,
and there are only some vine yards that come close to the leader of the pack,
KPK in my view is the most searched for producer for dry Riesling in Europe, here on ct I could recall that asian and american users are not really familiar with him,
in my view Rheinhessen do not have most of the best vine yards, a top producer could fill a really great Riesling, but there are better vineyards elsewhere,
first of all the MOSEl, but I do really prefer them for the classic Riesling style,
so there is Rheingau, Franken; Pfalz and Nahe
Rheingau really is not for me, too often voluptuous bottles drunk,
Franken yes too with pronounced mineral showing but I like them best for their Sylvaner GG s,
Pfalz, great vine yards, the Saumagen, Ungeheuer, Pechstein, Weilberg and so on, a mixture of fruit and mineral style,
finally the NAhe, for me the real play for mineral, ultradry, electric Riesling,
best vineyard without doubt Hermannshöhle, looking into the records of the tax files from Prussia! ;-)
and there are many others, Halenberg, Felsenberg, Krötenpfuhl, Bastei, Pittermännchen, Dellchen and so on,
but there is this small village some 10 Km abroad the Nahe, Bockenau, the father of the present chief from S-F bought most hectars of the Felseneck and Stromberg, evolved the treatment of the grapes, the owner now, Tim Fröhlich, a Riesling visionary,
my top producer for dry GG Riesling is Schäfer-Fröhlich without any doubt! AMEN!
Last fifth of this bottle today, 96 hours later:
very creamy, chalky predominantly now, no oxidation aromas, none!
Creamy limy flow with enormous persistence still!
What a WOW bottle!
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1/1/2022 - microbox Likes this wine: 94 Points
Outstanding
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11/13/2021 - dougsmith Likes this wine: 93 Points
Light lemon color. Bright green apple, caraway seed, hay, and mineral notes on the nose. Mouth coating and persistent on the palate with good balance and a delicate finish.
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7/18/2021 - acyso wrote: 90 Points
Nahe night at Table, Donkey and Stick (Chicago, IL): #23-11, 13% abv. I liked this more than the 2011 Dönnhoff served alongside. First off, there is a hit of Haribo pineapple gummi bears on the nose here, which I generally tend to attribute to sponti (I get it a lot in Willi Schaefer's wines too). The fruit here is a little sweeter and riper, and I suspect there might have even been a hint of botrytis in this. Spicy and delicious, but still lacking the broad texture that I prefer in my GGs.
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5/28/2021 - mdanyc Likes this wine: 92 Points
Really excellent, long and fruity yet dry. I will wait a while before drinking other bottles, and feel like I could have decanted it? Looking forward to seeing how this will develop over time - definitely a long life ahead!
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5/16/2021 - honest bob wrote: 96 Points
From 75cl, short but evidently effective cork. Opened but not decanted 1 hour, did not move much over the subsequent 90 minutes. This extraordinary, effortless GG is not just the finest Riesling trocken, but also the best white wine I can remember tasting since a perfect bottle of Marquis de Laguiche Montrachet 1997 quite some years ago. Tropical fruit, smoke, incense and saline; fabulous knife-edge balance of ripe acidity and super-concentrated fruit; light-footed texture with intense stony minerality. Truly phenomenal balance and roomy, architectural structure. Great wine, perfect early maturity, time in hand. Sorry acquacongas (CT TN 08.04.2021), this is stylistically about as far from any "Bürklin-Wolf from Pfalz" I have ever tasted as Margaux is from Pomerol... 95-96P
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4/3/2021 - dbkitc wrote: 96 Points
Just like the bottle two years ago. Stunning. Apricot skin and pink grapefruit. What texture yet with lift! Doesn’t get much better than this. (96)
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4/2/2021 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 93 Points
not blind, decanted for half an hour
I had it tighter in memory. In the finish a bit too sweet. Good acidity structure. Not over his top but close to it. Primary notes are still present. Very creamy. Could be something like Bürklin-Wolf from Pfalz. 92-93
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2/20/2021 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points
Dinner at Bar-a-Thym (Bar-a-Thym): Drinking very nicely at just over a decade of age, I really liked this. The nose actually smelt rather sweet, with notes of honey and beeswax, some stone fruited tones, and a litter of white flowers and chamomile, all laced together with a little line of stony mineral aromas. Nice. The palate was very good indeed. Deep, powerful, round, yet perfectly balanced and wonderfully cut and defined - this had a sense of fit like a well-tailored power suit I thought. The attack was rich and plump, with seemingly sweet notes of stone fruit and honey sweeping into a tighter, powerfully mineral midpalate, and then into a full, deep finish traced with a really nice seam of chalk and mineral pulling away into the far distance. Excellent stuff; so very nicely balanced and superbly integrated, yet so quaffable yummy and food-friendly enough that it almost had a blink-and-you-miss-it quality. Lovely stuff, especially good with a crab-cake with Asian influenced flavours and a more buttery Turbot dish.
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7/24/2020 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine: 92 Points
10 years after Riesling tasting - 2010 (Restaurant Holz und Feuer, Kirchheim, Germany): *** brief impression from tasting event, no detailed tasting note ***
Glass: Gabriel Standard and Sophienwald Bordeaux
Bottle opened at noon, double decanted. Drunk about 8-10h later.
Clear, pale golden color. Lots of spontaneous fermentation notes on the palate. Good acidity and balance, a bit to sweet for my taste. Some ripe melon, still very young. I think, this wine is not yet at its peak and needs some more cellar age. 91-92+
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5/10/2020 - aquacongas wrote: 94 Points
blind
After Felseneck 2009 I got served this one. I guessed same vintage and Breuer's Schloßberg. For a 2010 a bit evolved, feels dry and focused. Great density and pureness. Long life ahead. No hurry to empty the bottles. 93-94
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1/17/2020 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 93 Points
Not blind, side by side with the Felseneck 2011
typical Felseneck nose, a bit sweeter than 11, concentrated but missing a biz the balance in the finish. 93
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12/30/2019 - Asgard wrote: 89 Points
Tasted on two consecutive days. Beautiful, complex nose. A lot of fruit, and herbs definitely Botrytis involved here. Nose stays stable over the two days, a little bit more open on the second.
Palate a little rough and broad on the first day. Very powerful, astonishingly low to almost non tasteable acidity. Opens up on the second day, gets a little bit more refined and precise. But still a powerhouse, not elegant and lacks acidity. Drink now!
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11/21/2019 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 94 Points
Felseneck Vertical tasting of all vintages with Tim (Rocaille Düsseldorf): blind, Zalto universal glas
all 15 vintages of Schäfer-Fröhlich in 5 flights, all semi blind
I was wrong I guessed 2014. Lean and a bit closed. The acidity is well balanced and not too edgy. A really young wine and lives for another decade. 94+
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11/18/2019 - rsbeck wrote: 96 Points
Popped, poured, consumed over next two hours. Started off very spritzy. Within 30 minutes, it settled down and just kept improving in the glass revealing nuance after nuance along with a wonderful balance of dry fruit, citrus acidity, chalky saline mineralogy and oily glycerine. Wonderful dry Riesling.
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11/15/2019 - Mmark wrote: 94 Points
30min of air. Pale yellow. Deep nose, lemon, green apples, orange peel,touch of tropical, a sea breeze. Soft opening but evolve quickly high pressure on the palate, long and pure, great balance all the way. Wow
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10/24/2019 - Eric Guido Likes this wine: 94 Points
The 2010 Felseneck GG was intense with mineral-infused lemon, rich yet stimulating, giving way to crushed stone, sea air and dusty sweet spice. On the palate, I found depths of powerful citrus, green melon and spice as minerals saturated and zesty acids cleansed the senses. The finish was long and promising many years of further development, so intense, with lasting yellow citrus and coating minerality.
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8/23/2019 - cartime Likes this wine: 94 Points
Drinking beautifully with several hours of air.
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8/7/2019 - dbkitc wrote: 96 Points
Holy cow this is good. Does anyone do GG’s better? Nectarine and apricot skin show on the stony nose. There is a mellow maturity that sucks me in. The palate is incredible- both juicy and rich with super depth and a real presence. Great. (96)
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6/8/2019 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine: 92 Points
Nahe^3: 10 vintages of Halenberg, Hermannshöhle and Felseneck + X (@Private location, Frankfurt): *** brief note from an extensive tasting ***
Glass: Gabriel Gold
Tasted blind. Bottle opened about 2-4h before, double decanted before serving.
A bit unbalanced and nervous acidity. Wonderful tension and pressure, surprisingly round and soft with fine mineral notes and a good length. One of the few wines where I guess it is at its full peak. 92-93
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6/2/2019 - Mark van Delft Likes this wine: 94 Points
Ed & family over: 94 - minerals, citrus, wet stone, great depth / complexity, medium round, ‘bigger’ than most Rieslings, yet fresh, crisp, spot on, strong long finish.
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3/5/2019 - Vertigo wrote: 93 Points
Pear, gooseberries, grapefruit, some saltiness. Acidity buffered by some residual sugar. Long.
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2/15/2019 - Vertigo wrote: 92 Points
Petrol, gooseberries, pear, lemon. High acidity, long.
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2/9/2019 - DK Amateur Likes this wine:
This has citrus and minerals and a great layered taste with more residual sugar than usual in a S-F GG. Highly attractive, good balance. Its slight bitterness went very well with a number of vegetable dishes.
On the second day the nose also shows a beautiful rich dimension of golden fruits. Great wine, probably the best S-F I have had.
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2/3/2019 - Saxman1984 wrote:
Oh my, this a beautiful Riesling. There are floral and peach notes with a twinge of herbal grace notes in the nose. The palate has lime zest, but not in the forefront, more white peach and a strong minerality. The mouthfeel is unexpected, as it is almost creamy. The acidity is rather mild for a German Riesling. There also is noticeable residual sugar, though I am particularly sensitive to RS. If I were to taste this blind, I would guess that it was grand cru Alsatian Riesling. Given the level of acidity I would recommend drinking sooner rather than later
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12/26/2018 - Mahatma Chianti Likes this wine: 92 Points
Decanted for about 2 hours, drank from Gabriel. Medium golden color, pretty open developing bouquet with lots of passion fruit, mango, quince, red apple, lemon tart, honey and some smokey saline minerality. On the palate quite balanced, but rather juicy and easy-drinking with low tannins, medium body and medium(-) acidity, long finish with some iodine minerality. I liked it very much, but for my personal taste it comes with too much residual sugar to show the real greatness of its terroir.
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12/13/2018 - Mark van Delft Likes this wine: 94 Points
Great Riesling from Nahe! Mineral note, stone, peach, little rounder than other Riesling GG’s I’ve tasted, papaya, very light petrol note, very long finish!
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11/18/2018 - GuWin wrote: 93 Points
Strågul. Moden, utviklet duft med petroleumstoner, ananas og lemonade. Petropreget slipper aldri helt taket, men tones litt ned etter et par timer på karaffel. Moden også på smak, med stor konsentrasjon, skiferaktig mineralitet, flott og meget rik frukt med preg av moden sitron, grapefrukt og svakt tropiske toner. Oljete tekstur, fabelaktig intensitet, vibrerende syre og 60 sek+ ettersmak med varm, salt og mineralsk avslutning. Jeg får en 5 % tequilashot-assosiasjon her! En stor riesling.
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9/11/2018 - cartime Likes this wine: 95 Points
Needs a couple hours of air. White fruit, citrus, earthy minerals, petrol. Fantastic.
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6/13/2018 - Derek Darth Taster Likes this wine: 95 Points
Wednesday afternoon casual at ES BK.
Appearance is clear, medium intensity, brilliant yellow gold colour. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of yellow chrysanthemum flowers, honey, beeswax, saline and stones minerality, apricots. Developed.
On the palate, dry, piercing to the soul high acidity, medium alcohol (13%), medium+ body. Pronounced flavour intensity, with waves of flavours of salty saline wet stones minerality, crushed rocks, beeswax honey nectar, apricots, nectarines, ripe peaches, citrus lemon, hot oil. Long reverberating finish.
Outstanding quality. One of the best GG I have tried so far. Good to drink up now. Already so good. How much more complexity can further age provide?
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6/1/2018 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 96 Points
Still a baby but yet a giant, compared to yesterday's 09 this is leaner and tighter but the lime combined with the herbal note and wet stones is brialliant. The finish is austere and pure. at least ten more years. 95-96
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12/16/2017 - Frank Schneider wrote: 97 Points
What a wine !!, Stones , length, stones , structure, stones , acid , stones !!! I love stones in my riesling !!! Amazing white a point. But no hurry ! Cudos to Tim !!!!
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12/10/2017 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 96 Points
08 toll, 11 super, 09 überragend. Dieser reiht sich in die starke Riege nahtlos ein. In der Nase etwas reif und den üblichen Stinker, der sich mit der Zeit verliert. Gelbe Steinfrüchte, Pfirsich, nasser Stein. Salzig, kräftig, aber unglaublich präzise. Die Säure bohrt sich durch die Fruchtaromen und läßt den Wein immer feiner erscheinen. Messerscharf präzise. Noch nicht auf dem Höhepunkt. Keine Eile. Ganz starkes Ding vom Tim. 95-96
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3/1/2017 - Finare Vinare wrote: 91 Points
The first nose and taste certainly have "wow factor". The impression is complex, rich, intense, and balanced, with quite a range of flavours from green lime to yellow tropical fruits. The problems occur on the finish, which is no way as long as expected, not really harmonious and slightly cardboardy (which might have to do with so2, acid reduction, and/or filtering?). Furthermore, it's a slow drinker and the last sip is less attractive than the first. Our last bottle, and we're fine with that.
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2/26/2017 - ews3 wrote: 92 Points
still quite tight, but so much packed in there. peach, stone, floral and tropical. dry, with high acid, and yet this has so much heft. long finish.
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12/10/2016 - jkwatson Likes this wine: 90 Points
Very good, but seeming muted right now.
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7/20/2016 - DollarMenunaire wrote:
Good, but the 2009 showed much better a couple of months ago...09 was more serious, mineral driven and firm. I suspect that 2010 GGs in general are showing a bit oddly right now, but perhaps there was some acid reduction. It's been suggested in Germany without pointing fingers.
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3/28/2016 - Italiana Likes this wine:
Exceptionally good, with and without food. Saving one back to taste in 10+ years.
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2/28/2016 - Jeffkunins wrote: 95 Points
Enjoyed @ Alinea's "in residence" dinner in Miami.
Stunning pairing with two dishes - a dry ice I steaming cauldron of "Moqueca"-inspired ceviche (best single dish of the night), and 3 composed bites including a "crab zeppole" skewered on a whole dry vanilla bean.
Gorgeous aromas of honeydew, pear, grapefruit, lychee, peony, and apricot; on the palate and paired with the intensely acidic ceviche brought out passion fruit, butterscotch, pistachio and verbena. Finish was a long lingering memory of flowers :)
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11/15/2015 - ttholst wrote: 91 Points
Litt svak avsluttning
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2/6/2015 - ruth3 Likes this wine:
Had at GR RHR as an aperitif and also with the Lobster Ravioli and the Halibut. Vibrant crunchy minerality. The sommelier rejected the first bottle as corked. The one we had was absolutely delicious.
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9/8/2014 - winelegends.net Likes this wine: 95 Points
Zartes Hellgelb
Opulente Ananas,leichter Akazienhonig,bisschen Birne, sehr frisch,crisp,positiv prickelnd.
Mineralisch ,gute Tiefe,sehr gute Säurestruktur,mittelgewichtig,Hauch salzig.
Guter langer leicht süss-würziger Abgang
Klar noch sehr jung aber trotzdem sehr überzeugend.
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7/7/2014 - JohanPe wrote: 94 Points
Outstanding tropical fruit on the nose, perfectly balanced with crunchy minerality, citrus, honey and white flowers. Great.
Lovely weight on the palate. Still driven by the tropical fruit and the minerality, now also accompanied by perfectly balanced acidity. A bit heavier now, almost fat in the aftertaste. The focus in all parts is just amazing. Will probably develop for a very long time but if you like the fruit I suggest you drink it the coming year or so.
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4/14/2014 - rc@ughey Likes this wine: 94 Points
Sensational. Deep, complex, highly mineral, and super fresh. Opulent fruit takes this over the top.
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2/27/2014 - ttholst wrote: 91 Points
Pop'n'pour 12 gr. Duft av sitrus, honningmelon, fersken og litchi. Føles lukket på duft sammenliknet med tidligere. Smak av sitrus, lettere tropisk fersken, mango og litchi aroma, streif av honning og bittert sitronskall. Svært mineralsk og skiferpreget. Enorm dybde i vinen, med bitterhet mot beskhet i avslutningen. Syren virker mer avslepen en tidligere og den intense florale fruktigheten er borte :(
Ingen petroleums duft eller smak, men har en følelse av at bensinstasjonen er rundt neste sving.. (kan fornemme en antydning til smøregravaroma :) )
Lang smak og svært kompleks.
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12/15/2013 - wurzel68 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Intensive Nase nach Zitrus, exotischer Frucht, mineralische Anklänge und Eisbonbons; am Gaumen frisch, ausgewogene Frucht voller Schmelz, am Gaumen prickelnde Säure, feiner Abgang; ausgesprochen leckerer Wein, gar nicht anstrengend!
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9/6/2013 - rc@ughey Likes this wine: 93 Points
This is a total stunner. The medium-intense nose is a refreshing, icy mix of citrus and minerals. The medium-bodied palate is dry, but it is so concentrated and so ripe that there is an underlying opulent sweetness that makes this super appealing. As is typical with this bottling, this is a chiseled, acidic, mineral version of riesling that has everything in spades. It's fresh enough to be gulpable, bold enough to please the crowd, and deep and complex enough to satisfy wine geeks. An excellent showing and a buy for me every year.
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8/18/2013 - bza Likes this wine:
Decanted for 3 hours. Surprisingly open for a 2010. Very intense both on the nose and on the palate. Very energetic, laser-like focus and very complex and broad on the palate with notes of grape fruit, flowers, honey, peaches and sea shells. Maybe a bit more linear than the 09 which i prefer, but still great!
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8/11/2013 - dansamsoe Likes this wine:
Good. Especielly after 5 days. Fresh. Still young.
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4/21/2013 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 94 Points
VinGilles Grosse Gewächse Tasting (Amsterdam): Amazing expression on the nose, rich and tropical fruit, fabulous energy and tension, piercing minerality and acidity covered in ripe flesh, excellent length.
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3/28/2013 - Vintomas wrote: 90 Points
Pale yellow colour, some bubbles cling to the glass. Nose with noticeable smoky notes, citrus (primarily lime?), some green apple, discrete flowery notes. Dry on the palate, but also a hint of sweetness in the attack, rather high acidity, a hint of bitterness, citrus aromas. Young, but it works now, 90(+) p.
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3/15/2013 - lator wrote: 93 Points
No formal notes. 92-93 points.
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2/1/2013 - Finare Vinare wrote: 93 Points
1st day: kiwi, lime, pineapple, mango, and bicarbonate. Intense with impressive extract, balanced acidity, overall harmonious. 3rd day: more complex, spicier and smokier minerality, and greener on the palate, with more pronounced bitterness. We expected it to show better after a long airing, but on the first day it tasted great. Guess one should either drink now or wait like 4-5 years.
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1/20/2013 - JohanPe wrote: 91 Points
Högklassig GG med fylliga toner av citrus, mogna päron, och en touch av mango. Doftpref fortsätter i munnen med härlig mineralitet. Naturligtvis ung och kommer växa med fler år i källaren.
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10/23/2012 - klino wrote: 93 Points
Quite amazing! So clean yet deep nose of smoke, lemon, apples and wet stones. The taste is very full. Beautiful apple-like acidity and very long after-taste of volcanic soil. Excellent wine with a huge potential!
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10/22/2012 - jrobs7777 wrote:
Tasted side-by-side with the 2011. Nice full body, tremendous acidity (more than 2011). Hard to judge which one I liked better, but after some back and forth, the 2011 may be, today, just slightly better.
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10/20/2012 - ttholst wrote: 93 Points
Rett i glasset ved 11 grader. Mindre intens fruktig lukt nå en tidligere, fortsatt typisk tropisk fruktlukt med fersken om mest dominerende. Fyldig fruktig smak av fersken, nektarin, litchi og sitrus. Jeg synes frukten nå er noe mer avdempet enn tidligere. Lett perlende i munnen og en lang balansert ettersmak. (super til gratinert hummer)
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9/7/2012 - baroloboy55 wrote: 96 Points
I'm a little late in posting this note, which largely accords with DCWino's contemporaneous note. I opened this bottle at 11 pm the night before and the wine filled out considerable and added a great deal of nuance, as the wild yeasts integrated and the fruit notes came forward. Read DCWino note for further information. These wines, in their youth, definitely need air time. I walked in this vineyard in July 2010 when we had no idea how profound this vintage would become. Bravo Tim!
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9/7/2012 - dcwino wrote: 95 Points
Mostly Baroli gathering at Bluegrass (Bluegrass restaurant, Baltimore): This is not unlike the 09 that Henry generously opened a few months back but more primary fruit driven. Primary, ripe, bubble gum, pear, lemon, grapefruit, white pepper, smoke and a hint of SB like spicy jalapeno. Unctuous oily palate, limestone and bright acidity. Apparently some residual sugar but hardly noticeable. The primary fruit gives a bit fuller and less dry impression than the 09. Lovely wine.
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7/14/2012 - winelegends.net wrote: 95 Points
Grapefruit,Limone,leicht gerösteter Reis,Tiefe,herrliche Säure,irgendwo Feuerstein,dazwischen wenig Ananas,vielschichtig,langer Abgang.
Auch im jugendlichen Alter,klar eine "trinkanimierende" Höchstleistung
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7/7/2012 - TheBusiness724 wrote:
Dinner and MMA at Dr. Culang's: Gorgeous nose, and a layered, complex palate. Lemons. Minerals. Very precise. I think there is a very small bit of residual sugar despite the GG designation, which gives this a nice roundness. One of the better wines of the evening. This went fast.
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7/6/2012 - ews3 wrote: 93 Points
piercing acidity underlies a mineral driven wine. some fruit is there, but there is a tremendous amount of structure that forms the core of this wine. extremely well made and a great wine., my own personal preference tends towards something a little softer, but this is a great bottle.
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6/24/2012 - jorgen.hosoy@gmail.com wrote: 92 Points
Aired for 24 hours begore drinking. Fantastic length an well balanced.
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6/5/2012 - salil wrote: 94 Points
Great stuff. A fragrance that suggests this may have come from rocks rather than grapes, and each sip of this wows with the fruit and mineral flavours showing incredible clarity and precision. There's powerful acidity beneath but it never feels particularly severe or austere, instead it conveys flavour with a sense of refreshment I rarely find in GGs.
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5/11/2012 - celtic67 wrote:
day 1: 2 hrs of air in bottle. wow... so nuanced on the nose. just beautiful. grapefruit, ginger & slate. not heavy, but dense & concentrated on the palate. pure & clean finish. outstanding.
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4/16/2012 - mwanasheria wrote: 92 Points
Laser sharp focus, flashy acidity. Nice minerality. Grapefruit, pineapple. Outstanding.
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4/14/2012 - baroloboy55 wrote: 94 Points
Beautiful. Still has the tell tale wild yeast. Enjoyed this over about a 5 hour period last night. Initially, the top notes of the wild yeast, but increasingly a bouquet of sweet pink grapefruit, alternating with facets of tangerine and white peach, underlying minerality. Taut yet a concentration of fruits that belies the acidity of the vintage and the very low RS. Far more complex and intense thatn the bockenauer trocken. We walked in this vineyard in the summer of 2010 when the grapes were quite young, and Tim was kind enough to pour us a barrell sample of the 09 Felseneck which was all about wet stones and minerals. I must try the 09 very soon while the impression of the 10 is so fresh. These wines are going to provide great great pleasure for years to come (if they don't disapper too quickly)
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3/24/2012 - Charlie Carnes wrote: 95 Points
What a gorgeous liquid, and a wine that puts Großes in GG. Pop and pour, but enjoyed on the second day. My my, I love the cherry skin perception on the nose that sneaks into the mouth a little. This wine is beautifully dry with a pretty bitterness that pulls through the mouth tart citrus and red fruit skins, beautiful minerality and an uncanny smoothness. Tim Schäfer-Frohlich has knocked it out of the park in 2010. I strongly recommend these wines.
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1/28/2012 - DK Amateur wrote:
A really slow starter. Two hours decanting on the first day made the spontaneous fermentation notes go away but left a rather muted and unremarkable wine. On the second day the qualities of the wine appeared only after two hours: Lots of green fresh notes and some peach and strong minerality; lively with excellent balance. I will leave the remaining bottle for a number of years.
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1/24/2012 - fc1910 wrote: 94 Points
VDP- winetasting, Hotel Jacob, Hamburg, Germany: What a nose, peaches, other stone fruits, like the others from the NAHE still too young, aromatic of shale, very long aftertaste, for me nearly as outstanding as the Hermannshöhle! lots of potential 93-95
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12/28/2011 - cartime wrote: 96 Points
Just an intoxicating nose of orange, green apple, lemon thyme, white flowers, and smoky minerals. Insane balance on the palate, with Meyer lemon, nectarine, pink grapefruit, riverstones, and petrol. Tons of extract - this is really rich for a GG bottling - but the acidity is rocking, leaving a simultaneously full and round, yet weightless, mouthfeel. Long stone fruit and mineral finish. It seems no one agrees on whether this vintage will age well or not - for me, it's so good now, why risk it? Always nice to have your WOTY towards the end.
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