Riesling Study #1 (Atoboy (Manhattan, NY)): Nose is spicy, peachy, mint with some gummy bear. Very complex with so many fruits. The palate shows nice sweetness and serious acid melded together - great balance with tons of flavor like the nose. Excellent.
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Mosel trip; 9/6/2019-9/7/2019: *** brief notes, no rating, for my own memory *** Drunk at the winery from two different bottles. Perfect provenance and storage. Almost crystal clear color. This is all what makes Grünhaus great and unique for me! Unmistakeable Grünhaus flavors and smell. Power without weight, juicy and long! Unbelievable wine at its full peak! My WOTN. 96
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Day 3 or 4. Peach and red apple, lots of cinnamon and spice. Just a bit of the Von Schubert herbal/pine - just touch showing right now. The orchard fruit has some golden/mature aspects to it, but then there's undercurrent of raciness/acid, a touch of citrus and there are hints of tropical - banana. Now some mintiness coming out. White grapes, honey. The palate is just great: it's got golden orchard fruit, honey, white grapes, spices. It's mature with lots of flavor - a potency, and there is a juicy aspect with pulses of grip and zing. Golden, spicy finish. Nose - 5-5.5/6, Palate - 5-5.5/6, Finish - 5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1.5/2 = 16.5-17.5/20.
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Keller Open Afterparty (Weingut Keller, Flörsheim-Dalsheim, Germany): The warm 1997 vintage shines through in this Abtsberg Spätlese. Very round and creamy on the palate and a bit more ripe apricot flavors on the nose. Just entering the drinking window. I would rather wait another 5 years.
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Jaggerfest 2017 (Harwood Arms, London): Mid straw. Proper petrol and line nose. Good body at the front and a lovely, light, floaty finish. Long. Very decent and very drinkable. ****
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Keller Open Afterparty (Weingut Keller): Definitely one of the wines of the night. Fresh like a Daisy with this unbelievable lightness, only the best estates from the Mosel/Saar/Ruwer could deliver. Fresh sliced white pear, gooseberry, zesty lemon, white flowers, a hint of cassis and the typical Grünhaus "greenness" with herbal and mint components. Elegant and wonderful integrated acidity on the palate. Good amount of fruit in the mid palate which last into the long finish. A wonderful showing with so much potential left.
94+
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Still pale. White flowers and fruit most reminiscent of green papaya and green apple, with mounting petrol being the only sign of maturity. Racy, feathery wine with a hint of residual sugar restrained by a pleasant sense of tartness. Truly excellent and well worth repurchasing.
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1/26/2020 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine:
Riesling Study #1 (Atoboy (Manhattan, NY)): Nose is spicy, peachy, mint with some gummy bear. Very complex with so many fruits. The palate shows nice sweetness and serious acid melded together - great balance with tons of flavor like the nose. Excellent.
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11/29/2019 - jkoenen wrote: flawed
Tainted. No score.
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9/6/2019 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:
Mosel trip; 9/6/2019-9/7/2019: *** brief notes, no rating, for my own memory ***
Drunk at the winery from two different bottles. Perfect provenance and storage. Almost crystal clear color. This is all what makes Grünhaus great and unique for me! Unmistakeable Grünhaus flavors and smell. Power without weight, juicy and long! Unbelievable wine at its full peak! My WOTN. 96
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7/27/2019 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 94 Points
Day 3 or 4. Peach and red apple, lots of cinnamon and spice. Just a bit of the Von Schubert herbal/pine - just touch showing right now. The orchard fruit has some golden/mature aspects to it, but then there's undercurrent of raciness/acid, a touch of citrus and there are hints of tropical - banana. Now some mintiness coming out. White grapes, honey. The palate is just great: it's got golden orchard fruit, honey, white grapes, spices. It's mature with lots of flavor - a potency, and there is a juicy aspect with pulses of grip and zing. Golden, spicy finish. Nose - 5-5.5/6, Palate - 5-5.5/6, Finish - 5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1.5/2 = 16.5-17.5/20.
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6/1/2018 - m_arcon wrote: 92 Points
Keller Open Afterparty (Weingut Keller, Flörsheim-Dalsheim, Germany): The warm 1997 vintage shines through in this Abtsberg Spätlese. Very round and creamy on the palate and a bit more ripe apricot flavors on the nose. Just entering the drinking window. I would rather wait another 5 years.
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6/27/2017 - Rupert wrote: 93 Points
Jaggerfest 2017 (Harwood Arms, Fulham, London): Brilliantly resolved. Peach and apple fruit. All in harmony. Gorgeous.
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6/27/2017 - SimonG wrote: 91 Points
Jaggerfest 2017 (Harwood Arms, London): Mid straw. Proper petrol and line nose. Good body at the front and a lovely, light, floaty finish. Long. Very decent and very drinkable. ****
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5/27/2017 - m_arcon Likes this wine: 94 Points
Keller Open Afterparty (Weingut Keller): Definitely one of the wines of the night. Fresh like a Daisy with this unbelievable lightness, only the best estates from the Mosel/Saar/Ruwer could deliver. Fresh sliced white pear, gooseberry, zesty lemon, white flowers, a hint of cassis and the typical Grünhaus "greenness" with herbal and mint components. Elegant and wonderful integrated acidity on the palate. Good amount of fruit in the mid palate which last into the long finish. A wonderful showing with so much potential left.
94+
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8/21/2008 - drwine2001 wrote:
Still pale. White flowers and fruit most reminiscent of green papaya and green apple, with mounting petrol being the only sign of maturity. Racy, feathery wine with a hint of residual sugar restrained by a pleasant sense of tartness. Truly excellent and well worth repurchasing.
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