Pop and poured. At home. Drank over 2.5 hours. Appearance is clear, medium intensity, yellow-gold colour. Thin legs. Nose is clean, medium intensity, with aromas of slate and stone minerality, honey, pineapple, ripe yellow peach, slight petroleum. Developed. On the palate, medium sweet, high acidity, low alcohol (7.5%), medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of honey, ripe yellow peach, pineapple, green apple, slate and stone minerality. Long finish. Very good quality. The richest Kabinett I have tasted so far. If drank blind I would have guessed Spatlese. Yes Nahe's Rieslings are more weighty than Mosel's, but this is very much richer. Just feels a bit clunky and lumbering on the palate as it warms up in the glass. Acidity dips a little. Time to drink and enjoy.
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This wine is quite sweet for a kabinett without the lift you get from Tim's magnificent spatlese renderings. Seems rather two dimensional compared to an 07 bockenauer spatlese (and not the GK) which followed. For current consumption, the 09 kabs from Donnhoff are considerably more light-footed.
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At home over cards with Allen and Shin. This was A really rich Kabinett, and still quite primary to boot. It had some quality, but this really does not seemed to have developed much from the last bottle 4 years ago. Grapey sugar aromas on the nose were just starting to give way to green apple, peach and mineral shades. On the palate, sweet, Spatlese-like flavours of green apples were coated with more honeyed stone fruit and another layer of that primary, grapey sweetness. This was all balanced by a nice bit of mouthwatering acidity and there was a real substance to the way the wine filled the mouth into the back palate, but it just somehow felt a bit tight-fisted and brutish. Overall, decently good, but the next bottle will only be open in 3-4 years time.
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Again (see my previous note) a lovely, pure and balanced wine with a sweetness unbelievable for a Kabinett. One point better than the 2007 Schloss Lieser Brauneberger Juffer Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese, the Bockenauer is a real bargain.
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Nur Kabinett? Just Kabinett? with only 7,5% alcohol. This wine shows a perfect combination/mix of sweet and sourish and the mix assures a very good balance, even after some days in the fridge. The only problem is: what to eat with this wine. I have chsen for fruit(cake) and soft cheeses.
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The ripeness and sweetness here are closer to a ripe Spätlese than a Kabinett, but it's lovely all the same with fresh apple and peachy fruit over a firm mineral base, still very primary but incredibly refreshing to drink with a bright acid spine and a sense of real refreshment.
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Reticent on the nose but very well balanced on the palate. Just enough sweetness to make this interesting coupled with a gracefulness which one normally finds in Nahe. I enjoyed this quite a bit.
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B&L's Housewarming - Kabinetts and Bordeaux Blends (Brad's Place): Third try, and very similar impressions - this was again a good, solid Kabinett that needs plenty of time in the bottle yet. Amazingly, I guessed it as a middle-Mosel yet again when blinded. However, having had the benefit of tasting it alongside a 2009 JJ Chris Urben Urziger Wurzgarten Kab, the differences did come across more clearly this time round. It was just a bit reductive on the nose when first poured, which made things more difficult. But underneath that, there was a nice amount of very Mosel-ly slatey minerality notes laid over some neutral white fruit aromas. Just a bit muted I thought. The palate was far more ready to go though. Lots of power, almost Spat-like weight, with green apples, some citrus pineapple notes, honeyed undertones and a rich, almost creamy finish with a flowery lilt. Nice stuff. Well-balanced, compact and well-built, this has come a little way from the last two bottles, showing a bit more round Nahe fruit - it just needs time to trim off some of its baby fat and develop a bit more complexity.
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Opened up after 30-45 min in the decanter. Very fragrant and delicious. Ripe fruits, white flowers, balanced by good minerality and acidity. Still very young and primary. I would love to try this again in 1-2 years.
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Consistent with previous notes. Delicious Riesling (probably closer to Spätlese in ripeness and sweetness), equal parts fruit and stone with wonderful balance and refreshment value.
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I enjoyed this quite a bit but don't feel that I can properly evaluate it as my friend and I drank it while making candy. I can say that though it was not at all like a dessert wine, it was able to stand up to being imbibed alongside caramels and truffles and praline and still taste delicious, though not comparably sweet. I would like to pick up another bottle.
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Schäfer-Fröhlich Retaste + Some Extras (Fatty Weng Restaurant): Postscript to the 14/8/2010 note. Retasted this four days later. This has developed somewhat, and was still going extremely strong. Very Mosel-like on the nose now, with lots of mineral, lime / lemon flavours and some flowery nuances. Same Mosel-ness on the palate. Clean as a whistle, lovely integrated acidity, all bright and zippy, but with a really nice heft and white for a Kabinett - something that I did not notice as much of during the last tasting. Just a little extra generosity in its white fruit flavours pointed to Nahe rather than Mosel. Finish was a little ruberry, with more limes and lemons and another streak of slatey mineral. Very nice.
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No different from the bottle a few days ago. Excellent Kabinett, ripe but very light, precise and refreshing with bright fruit, minerality and gentle florality.
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Schäfer-Fröhlich Tasting + Some Extras (Beautiful Wines, The Plaza): I thought this was really impressive for a "village" level Kabinett. Attractive nose, with sweet nectar and honey notes along with sweet nectarines, ripe limes and a little whiff of minerality. It was on the palate where the wine really shone though. Not quite the depth and breadth of the better plots, but this had lots of weight for what it is, paired with super fresh acidity giving the wine a lovely, tingly balance. I thought the nose was a little sweet, which translated to some sweetness on the attack, but on the midpalate, it was all fresh lime, lemons and ripe grapefruit, maybe gooseberry, with some nice minerality and a little flowery hint in the background moving into the finish, where some spicy, gingery touches lingered in the mouth. A real live-wire of a wine, with lots of interesting little nuances. I liked this.
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Really impressive, full of fresh, floral-tinged apple and white fruited flavours over saline and mineral notes. While it's quite ripe, this still feels like Kabinett with a sense of clarity, lightness and incredible refreshment.
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8/1/2020 - jkoenen wrote: 90 Points
A lush, tropical smoothie. Passionfruit, pine-apple, tangy citrus bitterness in the finish. Frothy, satisfying and utterly drinkable at 7,5% ABV.
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3/16/2017 - Derek Darth Taster wrote: 91 Points
Pop and poured. At home. Drank over 2.5 hours.
Appearance is clear, medium intensity, yellow-gold colour. Thin legs.
Nose is clean, medium intensity, with aromas of slate and stone minerality, honey, pineapple, ripe yellow peach, slight petroleum. Developed.
On the palate, medium sweet, high acidity, low alcohol (7.5%), medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of honey, ripe yellow peach, pineapple, green apple, slate and stone minerality. Long finish.
Very good quality. The richest Kabinett I have tasted so far. If drank blind I would have guessed Spatlese. Yes Nahe's Rieslings are more weighty than Mosel's, but this is very much richer. Just feels a bit clunky and lumbering on the palate as it warms up in the glass. Acidity dips a little. Time to drink and enjoy.
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11/26/2015 - baroloboy55 wrote: 86 Points
This wine is quite sweet for a kabinett without the lift you get from Tim's magnificent spatlese renderings. Seems rather two dimensional compared to an 07 bockenauer spatlese (and not the GK) which followed. For current consumption, the 09 kabs from Donnhoff are considerably more light-footed.
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7/25/2015 - Paul S wrote: 90 Points
At home over cards with Allen and Shin. This was A really rich Kabinett, and still quite primary to boot. It had some quality, but this really does not seemed to have developed much from the last bottle 4 years ago. Grapey sugar aromas on the nose were just starting to give way to green apple, peach and mineral shades. On the palate, sweet, Spatlese-like flavours of green apples were coated with more honeyed stone fruit and another layer of that primary, grapey sweetness. This was all balanced by a nice bit of mouthwatering acidity and there was a real substance to the way the wine filled the mouth into the back palate, but it just somehow felt a bit tight-fisted and brutish. Overall, decently good, but the next bottle will only be open in 3-4 years time.
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6/4/2012 - FransS wrote: 91 Points
Again (see my previous note) a lovely, pure and balanced wine with a sweetness unbelievable for a Kabinett.
One point better than the 2007 Schloss Lieser Brauneberger Juffer Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese, the Bockenauer
is a real bargain.
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2/28/2012 - FransS wrote: 91 Points
Nur Kabinett? Just Kabinett? with only 7,5% alcohol. This wine shows a perfect combination/mix of
sweet and sourish and the mix assures a very good balance, even after some days in the fridge.
The only problem is: what to eat with this wine. I have chsen for fruit(cake) and soft cheeses.
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2/5/2012 - Biglama wrote: 91 Points
licht geel van kleur, heerlijk glas, fris en toch ook mooi rond, balans en heel lichtvoetig
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1/10/2012 - salil wrote: 90 Points
Same refreshment and quality, different bottle. I'm going through my stash far too quickly.
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1/2/2012 - salil wrote: 90 Points
The ripeness and sweetness here are closer to a ripe Spätlese than a Kabinett, but it's lovely all the same with fresh apple and peachy fruit over a firm mineral base, still very primary but incredibly refreshing to drink with a bright acid spine and a sense of real refreshment.
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8/12/2011 - Biglama wrote: 90 Points
licht van kleur, fruitige neus, mooie lichtvoetige wijn, makkelijk drinkbaar, verfrissend
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7/29/2011 - Dbrane wrote: 85 Points
Reticent on the nose but very well balanced on the palate. Just enough sweetness to make this interesting coupled with a gracefulness which one normally finds in Nahe. I enjoyed this quite a bit.
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7/29/2011 - Paul S wrote: 91 Points
B&L's Housewarming - Kabinetts and Bordeaux Blends (Brad's Place): Third try, and very similar impressions - this was again a good, solid Kabinett that needs plenty of time in the bottle yet. Amazingly, I guessed it as a middle-Mosel yet again when blinded. However, having had the benefit of tasting it alongside a 2009 JJ Chris Urben Urziger Wurzgarten Kab, the differences did come across more clearly this time round. It was just a bit reductive on the nose when first poured, which made things more difficult. But underneath that, there was a nice amount of very Mosel-ly slatey minerality notes laid over some neutral white fruit aromas. Just a bit muted I thought. The palate was far more ready to go though. Lots of power, almost Spat-like weight, with green apples, some citrus pineapple notes, honeyed undertones and a rich, almost creamy finish with a flowery lilt. Nice stuff. Well-balanced, compact and well-built, this has come a little way from the last two bottles, showing a bit more round Nahe fruit - it just needs time to trim off some of its baby fat and develop a bit more complexity.
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6/11/2011 - sfqwino wrote: 91 Points
Opened up after 30-45 min in the decanter. Very fragrant and delicious. Ripe fruits, white flowers, balanced by good minerality and acidity. Still very young and primary. I would love to try this again in 1-2 years.
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3/13/2011 - celtic67 wrote:
very fragrant nose of ripe peach & citrus. pure ripe white fruit on the palate with a slightly mineral finish. very good kabinett, light on its feet.
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2/3/2011 - amateurwino wrote:
Solid; similar to the spatlese, this had a fine minerally nose. Consistent with the quality level of past vintages.
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1/5/2011 - salil wrote: 91 Points
Consistent with previous notes. Delicious Riesling (probably closer to Spätlese in ripeness and sweetness), equal parts fruit and stone with wonderful balance and refreshment value.
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12/20/2010 - K is for Kate wrote:
I enjoyed this quite a bit but don't feel that I can properly evaluate it as my friend and I drank it while making candy. I can say that though it was not at all like a dessert wine, it was able to stand up to being imbibed alongside caramels and truffles and praline and still taste delicious, though not comparably sweet. I would like to pick up another bottle.
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8/18/2010 - Paul S wrote: 91 Points
Schäfer-Fröhlich Retaste + Some Extras (Fatty Weng Restaurant): Postscript to the 14/8/2010 note. Retasted this four days later. This has developed somewhat, and was still going extremely strong. Very Mosel-like on the nose now, with lots of mineral, lime / lemon flavours and some flowery nuances. Same Mosel-ness on the palate. Clean as a whistle, lovely integrated acidity, all bright and zippy, but with a really nice heft and white for a Kabinett - something that I did not notice as much of during the last tasting. Just a little extra generosity in its white fruit flavours pointed to Nahe rather than Mosel. Finish was a little ruberry, with more limes and lemons and another streak of slatey mineral. Very nice.
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8/17/2010 - salil wrote: 91 Points
No different from the bottle a few days ago. Excellent Kabinett, ripe but very light, precise and refreshing with bright fruit, minerality and gentle florality.
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8/14/2010 - Paul S wrote: 91 Points
Schäfer-Fröhlich Tasting + Some Extras (Beautiful Wines, The Plaza): I thought this was really impressive for a "village" level Kabinett. Attractive nose, with sweet nectar and honey notes along with sweet nectarines, ripe limes and a little whiff of minerality. It was on the palate where the wine really shone though. Not quite the depth and breadth of the better plots, but this had lots of weight for what it is, paired with super fresh acidity giving the wine a lovely, tingly balance. I thought the nose was a little sweet, which translated to some sweetness on the attack, but on the midpalate, it was all fresh lime, lemons and ripe grapefruit, maybe gooseberry, with some nice minerality and a little flowery hint in the background moving into the finish, where some spicy, gingery touches lingered in the mouth. A real live-wire of a wine, with lots of interesting little nuances. I liked this.
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8/14/2010 - salil wrote: 91 Points
Really impressive, full of fresh, floral-tinged apple and white fruited flavours over saline and mineral notes. While it's quite ripe, this still feels like Kabinett with a sense of clarity, lightness and incredible refreshment.
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