2014 Dr. Hermann Erdener Treppchen Riesling Spätlese

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 89 points

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  3/1/2024 - Ingmars wrote:

  Screwcap removed unremarkably. A bright and full yellow colour, with some very minor green tints. Peach with some lemon on the nose to start, but close to an hour later, it showed something unusual - like dark camphor and baked pastry - in a twisted sort of a way. A half-hour later and the lemon seemed to have swapped places with the peach. The mouth was properly ripe and weighty, with good length and a nice tingling acidic finish, carrying the thought that the spritz of a year ago was still there until recently. (Well, there was still some there, as the slight fizz created by an aggressive pouring action was easily visible.) But the palate was not quite as vigorous as it was a year ago. A little flatter. Tending to dry on the finish, with an aftertaste that reminded me of the flavour of dry grass.
  
  Day 2 from a half: the nose was a more fragrant lemon ahead of peach, with camomile in support, having dispensed with the unusual camphor-pastry note of the 1st day. The mouth was more vibrant too, with spritz now detected on the tongue, as well as revealing a proper acidic spine. Despite some creamy flavours on the front, it became more streamlined and slender and was the better for it. Yet, it did seem to want to unravel on the finish. Dry, grippy aftertaste. Very good and thought-provoking, but best to drink now.

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  1/14/2023 - Ingmars wrote:

  The screwcap came off with a force that pressed it against my palm as it popped. Medium to full yellow colour. Very ripe nose with peach and papaya which has had lemon sprinkled on it. Peach begins to dominate. Fine spritz, properly ripe spätlese weight and style, but with vigour and so much freshness that the spritz continues from the middle till the end. Good acidic spine.
  
  Day 3 from a half: Sponti and reductive for a considerable length of time, but gradually pungent nectarine takes over the nose and the mouth. There is a delicacy and purity here which is shared by the producer's kabinett #6 from the Treppchen, which makes them proper twins as it were, the difference being that this one goes to gym while the other runs cross-country. This spätlese has good physique, energy, length and nicely curtailed residual sugar. An easy very good plus and probably at peak.

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  8/2/2022 - angelcyn wrote:

  Time to finish this, it was a bargain buy for price from Majestic, all previous notes apply, judging by the acclaim for later vintages this must have been a rather subdued year, at the price no complaints but nothing special.

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  7/20/2022 - angelcyn wrote:

  No point in my mind to keep this wine, my notes as before stand, it still has that rather sickly sweet overtone on what is otherwise a decent bottle but not for me it destroys most of the freshness.

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  1/11/2022 - angelcyn Likes this wine:

  Best part of this wine is the aromas, lovely peachy pineapple honey expression comes up and stays with you, on the palate not so successful, felt the mainly citrus dominated taste was bit to acidic and pretty average a rather oversweet sensation came through as the bottle stood for awhile, good for he price it was on offer, but that sweet sickly side let it down, average in a an average year.

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