Aromas of lemon lime, pear and slight reduction. Silky palate that's linear into the medium finish. There's a gram or two of residual sugar that balances acidity but also makes it slightly cumbersome after a glass. This is open and expressive now and pairs with spicy dishes.
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Very interesting wine to taste. Not sure that I have ever tasted a wine with more "Pilsner" like aromas... Nice everyday wine with good texture but fairly short finish.
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12.5% abv. AP 7. A tall drizzling pour produced a milky haze of gas that vacated slowly for most of 30 seconds. NOSE: cracked peach pit, lemon curd, broken chalk. MOUTH: ample body; sweetness balanced by stone bitterness; fine, fronded herbs launch from stems of calcium and acid. Sugar from lemon bruises. It's a dry drink. Leaning in the direction of coarseness rather than finesse. There seems to be enough power and freshness here to let it do its thing for at least another year or so in the cellar. ________ After 24 hours resealed in the fridge: no better, no worse. Is there a slight taste of bitter green seed here? That sort of thing can, in principle, work well with flamboyant thick juices. Could ingrained modulation mix with ideological rawness in a way that produces a split identity?
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With some time in the cellar, additional creaminess and green fruit in the palate. I'm tasting right on the heels of the '18 vintage Kalk. This '21 has more acid, grapefruit, and pith. Well made, and a good food wine, but comparatively disappointing vs. the '18, especially given the price point. No reason to hold this vintage long term.
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Really enjoyed this tonight, nose was all savory with saline, citrus and minerals in support beautiful mouth feel with body, bright acidity and a juicy fresh long finish
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I didn't experience any spritz like the previous CT reviewer. Lots of wet herbs on the nose, like a summer field after it rains, the herbality carries over to the palate, with a lot of other complexities, white mineral, and marked salinity and acidity. I suppose there are hints of green fruit tucked in there as well, but this is soundly in the food wine rather than sipping wine category. Looking forward to pairing this with sushi tomorrow, tonight with melon and prosciutto. On day two this was notably improved, with greater complexity, integration, and intensity. I will let some sit in the basement for a year or two and try again. 88/89
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A fair bit of dissolved CO2 on first open. Even my usual tried and true method of pouring the wine back and forth between two decanters several times did not seem to move it. Aromatically compelling, but the palate was not the most interesting. Knowing the wine from previous vintages, I chose to place it back in the bottle, to step away from it for a few hours and revisit it late as I opened something else in the meantime. Four hours later when I returned to it BAM! even straight out of the fridge there was that all too familiar Keller magic focus pull I'm all too familiar with, separating and combining all of the layers in a seamless manner (is there an ARRI Hi-5 in the Flörsheim-Dalsheim cellar?) A nice phenolic bite on entry followed by a floral, citrusy and textural ensemble on the mid palate with loads of grip and screaming high acid on the finish and back to the long phenolic finish . As it warmed up (I do find that this wine benefits from being served on the warmer side ~16-17ºC), all of those densely packed layers began unfurling. This is always a wine I find myself wanting to chew. There are so many layers to unpack. Seashells, quince paste, grapefruit pith, petitgrain, mahlab, penja white pepper, viburnum and sweet osmanthus. AP 07 22
Noch etwas gestresst, der kleine? Perliert noch etwas - und riecht bierig. Auch im Antrunk: Hab ich nen Pils bestellt? Auch nach 7 Minuten kein Glücklichmacher. Ich pack das noch mal weg.
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5/12/2024 - Matteo1 Likes this wine: 89 Points
Aromas of lemon lime, pear and slight reduction. Silky palate that's linear into the medium finish. There's a gram or two of residual sugar that balances acidity but also makes it slightly cumbersome after a glass. This is open and expressive now and pairs with spicy dishes.
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2/23/2024 - vagrantone Likes this wine: 88 Points
Very interesting wine to taste.
Not sure that I have ever tasted a wine with more "Pilsner" like aromas...
Nice everyday wine with good texture but fairly short finish.
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11/25/2023 - Alex Barbera Likes this wine: 89 Points
Nice. Am Tag 2 not anymore
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9/17/2023 - Putnam Weekley Likes this wine: 89 Points
12.5% abv. AP 7. A tall drizzling pour produced a milky haze of gas that vacated slowly for most of 30 seconds. NOSE: cracked peach pit, lemon curd, broken chalk. MOUTH: ample body; sweetness balanced by stone bitterness; fine, fronded herbs launch from stems of calcium and acid. Sugar from lemon bruises. It's a dry drink. Leaning in the direction of coarseness rather than finesse. There seems to be enough power and freshness here to let it do its thing for at least another year or so in the cellar.
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After 24 hours resealed in the fridge: no better, no worse. Is there a slight taste of bitter green seed here? That sort of thing can, in principle, work well with flamboyant thick juices. Could ingrained modulation mix with ideological rawness in a way that produces a split identity?
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2/25/2023 - skurtz wrote: 88 Points
With some time in the cellar, additional creaminess and green fruit in the palate. I'm tasting right on the heels of the '18 vintage Kalk. This '21 has more acid, grapefruit, and pith. Well made, and a good food wine, but comparatively disappointing vs. the '18, especially given the price point. No reason to hold this vintage long term.
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11/29/2022 - FiggySmalls wrote:
mild rs. greenish-grey in expression with full-on pithy citrus.
first bottle was spritzy and didn't open up until the bubbles blew off.
as mentioned below, this really morphs with air and as it warms. it's well worth observing over the evening.
i know it's mostly pinot blanc and pinot gris, but still... shy nose and low+ acid.
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7/31/2022 - eoinhharkins Likes this wine: 91 Points
Really enjoyed this tonight, nose was all savory with saline, citrus and minerals in support beautiful mouth feel with body, bright acidity and a juicy fresh long finish
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7/30/2022 - skurtz Likes this wine: 89 Points
I didn't experience any spritz like the previous CT reviewer. Lots of wet herbs on the nose, like a summer field after it rains, the herbality carries over to the palate, with a lot of other complexities, white mineral, and marked salinity and acidity. I suppose there are hints of green fruit tucked in there as well, but this is soundly in the food wine rather than sipping wine category. Looking forward to pairing this with sushi tomorrow, tonight with melon and prosciutto. On day two this was notably improved, with greater complexity, integration, and intensity. I will let some sit in the basement for a year or two and try again. 88/89
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7/24/2022 - rcb25 Likes this wine:
A fair bit of dissolved CO2 on first open. Even my usual tried and true method of pouring the wine back and forth between two decanters several times did not seem to move it. Aromatically compelling, but the palate was not the most interesting. Knowing the wine from previous vintages, I chose to place it back in the bottle, to step away from it for a few hours and revisit it late as I opened something else in the meantime. Four hours later when I returned to it BAM! even straight out of the fridge there was that all too familiar Keller magic focus pull I'm all too familiar with, separating and combining all of the layers in a seamless manner (is there an ARRI Hi-5 in the Flörsheim-Dalsheim cellar?) A nice phenolic bite on entry followed by a floral, citrusy and textural ensemble on the mid palate with loads of grip and screaming high acid on the finish and back to the long phenolic finish . As it warmed up (I do find that this wine benefits from being served on the warmer side ~16-17ºC), all of those densely packed layers began unfurling. This is always a wine I find myself wanting to chew. There are so many layers to unpack. Seashells, quince paste, grapefruit pith, petitgrain, mahlab, penja white pepper, viburnum and sweet osmanthus. AP 07 22
ABV: 12.5%
Closure: DIAM 10
Stem: Grassl Liberte
Decant: 4h
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7/12/2022 - Hmmgodstil Likes this wine: 85 Points
Great Easy drinking bottle - but needs 30 mins decanting to still down and to show it’s fruit.
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3/28/2022 - Alex Barbera wrote: 87 Points
Noch etwas gestresst, der kleine? Perliert noch etwas - und riecht bierig. Auch im Antrunk: Hab ich nen Pils bestellt? Auch nach 7 Minuten kein Glücklichmacher. Ich pack das noch mal weg.
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