2009 Weingut Johannishof (H.H. Eser) Johannisberger Vogelsang Riesling Kabinett V

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 88.4 points

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  5/31/2014 - cannym Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Clean as a mountain stream. It has lively acidity, green apples, touch of lime. Decent length. A lovely summer drink.

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  8/20/2011 - fisherman06239 wrote: 89 Points

  Upon opening wine is on the dry side. But left corked in the fridge for at least a week its balance seemed to improve as it acquired a bit of sweetness. Could be a sign it will improve in a few years. My rating is ballpark.

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  7/9/2011 - kevin h wrote: 90 Points

  Nose of apples with a little citrus - fruity nose. Off-dry, good apple and a hint of pear. Ripe and great balance. Good Rheingau fruit. Excellent value.

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  2/5/2011 - quickben wrote: 88 Points

  Fresh and vibrant full of flavour with floral notes and some residual sugar balancing nice acidity

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  7/24/2010 - awinestory wrote: 87 Points

  color: yellow with green tinge
  nose: med+, very sweet floral character, almost candied like a sweet tart
  palate: offdry, RA estimated 26 g/l, acid is med yet may be higherdue to acid sugar bal, tannin zero, body med- alc est 9 percent, finis, med+ nice bal fruit acidsugar, very light and delicate
  
  style note: light and delicate wine where the high sugar content is neatly laced with acidity. Excellent as an aperatif
  
  Johannishof ‐ Johannisberg “V“ Riesling Kabinett 2009
  WJ1‐09
  Estate:
  Winery for Value 2007 by Wine Spectator – HIGHEST average score of 2007 vintage wines: 91.2 points!)
  The Johannishof estate is owned by the Eser family. Their focus is small production, high quality, estate‐bottled
  Rieslings, in all styles. They own parcels of some of the best vineyards in the towns of Johannisberg (Hölle, Klaus,
  Vogelsang, Goldatzel) and Rüdesheim (Berg Rottland), to name a few. Johannishof is a member of the Charta group,
  which is comprised of about 30 top Rheingau wineries that banded together to promote high quality dry Rieslings.
  Johannishof is also one of the early proponents of the Erstes Gewachs system.
  Estate owner/winemaker: Johannes Eser
  Acres under vine: 50
  Average annual production: 11,000 cases
  Varietals produced: Riesling (99%), Pinot Blanc (1%)
  The Vineyard:
  Johannisberger Vogelsang with its deep rooting loess/loam soils are planted
  with 100 % Riesling grapes. It offers ideal growing conditions for fine, fruity
  elegant Riesling wines.
  Region: Rheingau
  The Rheingau is a relatively small but hugely important region that lies in the
  “elbow” of the Rhein, where the river takes a brief east‐west jaunt on its
  journey up to the North Sea. Riesling dominates here, with a little enclave of
  Pinot Noir being planted around the village of Assmannshausen. The Rheingau
  is renowned for promoting dry styles of Riesling, having created both the
  Charta and Erstes Gewächs (First Growth) designations for top dry Rieslings
  (Erstes Gewächs also applies to the top Pinot Noirs in the Rheingau). Many of their wines are sold in a blue‐green fluted
  bottle that is only allowable for Rheingau wines.
  Vintage Report 2009
  2009 started with very low temperatures, even with snowfall on March 25. Then April turned out to be unseasonably
  warm... At 14th of April we saw one of the earliest pop outs since 1955. The warm spring weather brought about a
  fast growth in the vineyard with an advantage of three weeks and flowering started already end of May. Beginning of
  June weather turned cooler and flowering took very long up to 6 weeks, which already had an influence on the amount
  of berries per grape. During summer there was a good mixture of sun and rain. The first days of October were rainy and
  very warm, but fortunately the weather changed quickly to dry and cool. We started picking on October 5th under
  ideal conditions. Our grapes were very healthy with a high oechsle level and a nice amount of acidity, however with 20
  % less yield. Botrytis infected berries were very hard to find, so the main focus in 2009 is on our non‐botrytised wines.
  Tasting Notes:
  This Kabinett wine is a typical Rheingau Riesling with its fruity character and light yellow fruit aromas. Ideal with grilled
  meat, fresh vegetables or Asian food, but also perfect to be enjoyed on its own.
  Technical Information:
  Alcohol: 9.5% Acidity: 0.81 % (8.1 g/l) Residual Sugar: 4.44 % (44.4 g/l)

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