Evening with friends (@Private location, Solingen): Glass: Sophienwald Perfect bottle. The color was amazingly young: pale yellow color. Exactly like the 2013 Halenberg we had before. Fully developed, medium+ intense nose. Classic Zilliken. You either love it or hate it. Petrol, smoke, peat, slate combined in a unique and deeply complex melange. I really love it! On the palate almost dry. The sweetness has blended in, the medium+ acidity is still perfectly integrated. Beautiful mineral notes, yellow stone fruit, some petrol, hints of peat and smoke. Long. We wondered and discussed, how this bottle will continue to age. Under perfect storage conditions, I would give it at least another decade… 92-93. My best bottle of the three that I bought.
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An evening with wine geeks (Ristorante da Salvo, Stuttgart): Glass: WMF white wine Beautiful experience to taste the two Spätlesen side by side. Perfect bottle: Lable, fill level, cork! Color is amazingly youthful. Maybe like a 8-10 year old Riesling. Incredibly. Nose with some smokiness and peat. Interestingly way better than my first bottle. Balanced, lively and still kicking. Could stand its younger brother in any way. This bottle has even a future of further development of at least 5+ years. 89-90
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Glass: Zalto Universal Perfect bottle: Lable, fill level, cork! Color is amazingly youthful. Maybe like a 8-10 year old Riesling. Incredibly. Unfortunately, this wine cannot disguise its problematic vintage! It has all the classic Zilliken Genes: Smoky, peaty notes, good acidity. But it is a bit unbalanced and rather thin on the late palate and not very long and complex. Still a wonderful experience for lovers of mature Riesling, but not an epiphany at all. Drink up, even this perfect bottle will not get any better! 86-88
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7/25/2021 - geoffreychambertin wrote: flawed
Corked 😔
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9/11/2020 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine: 93 Points
Evening with friends (@Private location, Solingen): Glass: Sophienwald
Perfect bottle. The color was amazingly young: pale yellow color. Exactly like the 2013 Halenberg we had before.
Fully developed, medium+ intense nose. Classic Zilliken. You either love it or hate it. Petrol, smoke, peat, slate combined in a unique and deeply complex melange. I really love it!
On the palate almost dry. The sweetness has blended in, the medium+ acidity is still perfectly integrated. Beautiful mineral notes, yellow stone fruit, some petrol, hints of peat and smoke. Long. We wondered and discussed, how this bottle will continue to age. Under perfect storage conditions, I would give it at least another decade… 92-93. My best bottle of the three that I bought.
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3/29/2019 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine: 90 Points
An evening with wine geeks (Ristorante da Salvo, Stuttgart): Glass: WMF white wine
Beautiful experience to taste the two Spätlesen side by side. Perfect bottle: Lable, fill level, cork! Color is amazingly youthful. Maybe like a 8-10 year old Riesling. Incredibly. Nose with some smokiness and peat. Interestingly way better than my first bottle. Balanced, lively and still kicking. Could stand its younger brother in any way. This bottle has even a future of further development of at least 5+ years. 89-90
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3/1/2019 - NoTrollingerPlease wrote: 87 Points
Glass: Zalto Universal
Perfect bottle: Lable, fill level, cork! Color is amazingly youthful. Maybe like a 8-10 year old Riesling. Incredibly. Unfortunately, this wine cannot disguise its problematic vintage! It has all the classic Zilliken Genes: Smoky, peaty notes, good acidity. But it is a bit unbalanced and rather thin on the late palate and not very long and complex. Still a wonderful experience for lovers of mature Riesling, but not an epiphany at all. Drink up, even this perfect bottle will not get any better! 86-88
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2/6/2015 - DaleW wrote: flawed
corked
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