Medium gold. Electric and riveting, this shows how good "basic" Riesling can age, particularly under screwcap. On the nose this offers hints of maturity in its dried peach and dried papaya aromas, and middle-aged petrol and tennis ball notes, but really has plenty of gas in the tank and loads of citrus, white flower, and reductive mineral aromas too. On the palate this is light to medium bodied with high acidity and a touch of dry extract. It is dry and lean but not angular or aggressive and offers a ton of complexity for a wine at this level. I only wish I had more.
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No formal note as I had this for Thanksgiving dinner, and while not showing any unexpected oxidative character, the wine seemed tired and with very little junk left in its trunk. This was my only bottle so I can't say if this was just off, or if the wine's best days are behind it.
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Deep ruby. A strange showing for this wine, it is cacophonous and seemingly out of sorts with aggressively savory aromas of tar and scorched earth sitting on top of the ripe black fruit notes. Better on the palate where it is at once juicy and poised but still kind of odd. Perhaps an off bottle, but no signs of any flaws.
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2010 A. Christmann Riesling
12/27/2023 - wino_tim wrote: 92 Points
Medium gold. Electric and riveting, this shows how good "basic" Riesling can age, particularly under screwcap. On the nose this offers hints of maturity in its dried peach and dried papaya aromas, and middle-aged petrol and tennis ball notes, but really has plenty of gas in the tank and loads of citrus, white flower, and reductive mineral aromas too. On the palate this is light to medium bodied with high acidity and a touch of dry extract. It is dry and lean but not angular or aggressive and offers a ton of complexity for a wine at this level. I only wish I had more.
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2013 Hermann J. Wiemer Riesling Magdalena Vineyard
11/23/2023 - wino_tim wrote:
No formal note as I had this for Thanksgiving dinner, and while not showing any unexpected oxidative character, the wine seemed tired and with very little junk left in its trunk. This was my only bottle so I can't say if this was just off, or if the wine's best days are behind it.
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2014 Domaine de Chevalier
11/18/2023 - wino_tim wrote:
Deep ruby. A strange showing for this wine, it is cacophonous and seemingly out of sorts with aggressively savory aromas of tar and scorched earth sitting on top of the ripe black fruit notes. Better on the palate where it is at once juicy and poised but still kind of odd. Perhaps an off bottle, but no signs of any flaws.
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