A private dinner with friends (at home): Quite and advanced bottle, full colour, rich and spicy style, very evolved and without much fruit left, good weight and concentration, relatively short finish. Retaste.
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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 deep golden amber color. Nose with some caramel, warm fruit. Palate was much better, good pressure, grip, depth, minerality and length. 89-90
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Rich but lively medium straw yellow colour; deep and layered nose, aromatic green herbs, smoky slate, ripe stone fruit with a tropical edge, earthy and spicy, hint of flower honey; the palate is a testament to the very specific 2010 vintage in the Rheingau, with exciting tension and interplay between vibrant acidity and succulent fruit, juicy and rich and satisfying, but with a firm minerally core and well-judged bitters; excellent resonance and length. According to Josi Leitz, this will age for 20-25 years, and I have no doubt that it will, but it will never be better than today. At perfect peak. I am not scoring it higher because it does not have the perfect balance conveyed by a perfect growing season - it is exciting rather than profound. Drink now - 2025.
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A special old-vine selection from the Schlossberg. Incredibly rich and full, the immensely concentrated ripe fruit still completely envelops the underlying minerality and high 2010-acidity. Vinous, deep and rich and spicy, a real powerhouse. At nine years of age, this is only just entering its plateau of maturity - this still has at least 15 more years of positive development in it.
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Quite a full straw yellow colour; on the nose the wine is starting to open up, above all there is this deep and spicy, almost saline minerality, but also a sense of the rich and succulent fruit that is lurking underneath, and some Alpine flowers, great depth; the full-bodied (13.5% ABV) and concentrated palate is heavily laden with ripe fruit, but the firm acidity carries it without any effort, the residual sugar is perfectly integrated, the grapefruit bitters provide delicious grip; complete and resonant finish, excellent length. A Schlossberg monument, gradually evolving into a real beauty. I asked Josi Leitz what he thought of the ageing potential of this wine and he said 20-25 years at least. So drink now - 2030+.
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TA 8.5 gr/l, RS 9.8 gr/l. Magical wine. Totally embryonic, very attractive already but not easy to understand and will need years to reveal its as yet unfathomable depths. Succulent, immensely concentrated, intensely mineral. A masterpiece.
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2010 Tasting @ Josef Leitz Winery: popped and poured. typical light straw color. nose shows intense minerality and fruit, and this carries through on the palate. this has a long very balanced finish showing the perfect amount of acid. delicious. Evidently Leitz has changed designations this vintage from Alte Reben to Ehrenfels so I have corrected my note.
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11/5/2021 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 92 Points
A private dinner with friends (at home): Quite and advanced bottle, full colour, rich and spicy style, very evolved and without much fruit left, good weight and concentration, relatively short finish. Retaste.
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7/24/2020 - NoTrollingerPlease wrote: 89 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 deep golden amber color. Nose with some caramel, warm fruit. Palate was much better, good pressure, grip, depth, minerality and length. 89-90
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5/27/2020 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 95 Points
Identical to my previous note. Impressive minerally depth and energy.
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4/11/2020 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 95 Points
Rich but lively medium straw yellow colour; deep and layered nose, aromatic green herbs, smoky slate, ripe stone fruit with a tropical edge, earthy and spicy, hint of flower honey; the palate is a testament to the very specific 2010 vintage in the Rheingau, with exciting tension and interplay between vibrant acidity and succulent fruit, juicy and rich and satisfying, but with a firm minerally core and well-judged bitters; excellent resonance and length. According to Josi Leitz, this will age for 20-25 years, and I have no doubt that it will, but it will never be better than today. At perfect peak. I am not scoring it higher because it does not have the perfect balance conveyed by a perfect growing season - it is exciting rather than profound. Drink now - 2025.
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4/14/2019 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 94 Points
A special old-vine selection from the Schlossberg. Incredibly rich and full, the immensely concentrated ripe fruit still completely envelops the underlying minerality and high 2010-acidity. Vinous, deep and rich and spicy, a real powerhouse. At nine years of age, this is only just entering its plateau of maturity - this still has at least 15 more years of positive development in it.
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9/25/2016 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 94 Points
Quite a full straw yellow colour; on the nose the wine is starting to open up, above all there is this deep and spicy, almost saline minerality, but also a sense of the rich and succulent fruit that is lurking underneath, and some Alpine flowers, great depth; the full-bodied (13.5% ABV) and concentrated palate is heavily laden with ripe fruit, but the firm acidity carries it without any effort, the residual sugar is perfectly integrated, the grapefruit bitters provide delicious grip; complete and resonant finish, excellent length. A Schlossberg monument, gradually evolving into a real beauty. I asked Josi Leitz what he thought of the ageing potential of this wine and he said 20-25 years at least. So drink now - 2030+.
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12/6/2012 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 94 Points
TA 8.5 gr/l, RS 9.8 gr/l. Magical wine. Totally embryonic, very attractive already but not easy to understand and will need years to reveal its as yet unfathomable depths. Succulent, immensely concentrated, intensely mineral. A masterpiece.
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5/19/2011 - chcook wrote: 92 Points
2010 Tasting @ Josef Leitz Winery: popped and poured. typical light straw color. nose shows intense minerality and fruit, and this carries through on the palate. this has a long very balanced finish showing the perfect amount of acid. delicious.
Evidently Leitz has changed designations this vintage from Alte Reben to Ehrenfels so I have corrected my note.
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