2009 Zilliken (Forstmeister Geltz) Saarburger Rausch Riesling Spätlese

Community Tasting Notes (53) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  4/4/2024 - DrDave88 Likes this wine:

  Nose: subtle, mineral sure, but some peachy and almost orangey fruit too
  
  Palate: full (due in part to sugar), absolutely perfectly balanced between sugar and acid, honey dripping ripe peaches and pears 🤤. Rich, but not heavy. Orange notes again, not had those in a Riesling before!
  
  Day 2: waxy mandarin notes, really pure and luscious

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  1/4/2024 - sfqwino wrote: 88 Points

  Rather straightforward and lacking acidity to balance the sweetness. Very little evolution that left me yearning for a bit more complexity.

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  7/21/2023 - davidsa Likes this wine: 94 Points

  What a beauty!
  Light gold colour, very expressive and complex nose with honey, lemon zest, apricot, pineapple and a slight hint of petrol. Very mineral, almost salty.
  On the palate the lemon and pineapple gain another dimension due to the sweetnes and remembers of lemon chewing gum and all gets balanced with the beautiful acidity.
  The finish is very long, and after each sip you just want another one.
  Delicious.

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  6/21/2023 - Joshvoulters Likes this wine: 88 Points

  TWS Group German Tasting (Must & Lees): This definitely showed better than the last time I opened a bottle. The main difference was the prominence of the acidity and the relative freshness that brought to proceedings - and I'm sure it's variation in the taster rather than the wine.
  
  Ripe peach, mango, slate- there's still a tropical profile that is a bit much for me, and (as ever) I'd like more acidity - but it's very drinkable.

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  6/21/2023 - oenanthe Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Germany (Must and Lees, N1): Quite a pale yellow. Possibly my senses were on the wane at this point, but I thought this had a strong nose of curry, like a chicken achari with that spicy pickled citrus element. Hey-ho, not what I was expecting but not unpleasant either. Medium sweetness, mild tropical fruit, pretty rich.

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