2001 Domaine Weinbach Riesling Schlossberg Cuvée Ste. Catherine L'Inédit!

Community Tasting Notes (23) Avg Score: 93.4 points

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  6/17/2023 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Retail $75. Under cork. I bought these an astonishing 15 years ago (almost) from an online auction house and this is the first bottle I have cracked. Should I have popped this a decade ago? Likely. Maybe a handful of years ago? Certainly. Yesterday? Yes! Today? Clearly this wine has been affected by the evil demon of oxygen. But. It does not have an (overly) oxidative nose or palate. Sure, there is caramel and a nutty aspect (OK, maybe a touch oxidized), but there is still some fruit, a touch of sweetness, and an astounding acidity. Look. My wife won't like this wine, neither will any of my relatives from across the Midwest, but it is extremely tasty, with a decidedly dessert wine kind of vibe.
  
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  8/21/2022 - Hanibal Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Colour brown but not oxidized. Never have drank a white wine this dark and still not oxidized. Such a treat to have tried this. The fruit is still present and complexity is on another level. Very long aftertatste

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  11/12/2021 - acheng wrote: 93 Points

  Deep golden hue. Fantastic aged sweet honey, apricot nose and just the faintest hint of sweetness in the mouth. At peak. Highly enjoyable with Peking duck at QJD.

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  5/2/2018 - BillBell73 Does not like this wine:

  Pretty apparent from the popping of the cork that this is oxidized and shot - at least I got to experience the other bottles while they were still in decent shape.
  
  I love Weinbach and they can be transcendent in youth but I’ve had too many bad experiences with older bottles (mostly Riesling and Pinot Gris, the Gewurtz seems to age better) to ever age one again. It leaves me wondering what exactly they’re doing differently in the cellar than Trimbach and Zind-Himbrecht, both of which seem to age effortlessly.

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  12/1/2017 - BillBell73 Likes this wine:

  This bottle was delicious and very idiosyncratic. The botrytis, the bottle age, and the acidity are combining into a very interesting whole...I guess they picked at varying levels of ripeness so there is a zingy component that offsets the spicy, rich, botrytised fruit. I know I’ve had varying opinions about this wine before but I’m loving it now as some of the previously gawky components knit together a bit.

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